recomendadovsrecomendóWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“recomendado” and “recomendó” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,206
“recomendado” frequency rank
#11,850
“recomendó” frequency rank
22056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recomendado recomendó
Definition Participio de recomendar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recomendar.

Where the eye mixes recomendado and recomendó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recomendado runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVCV) against recomendó's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
recomendado
9 ch
recomendó

Why the eye confuses recomendado with recomendó

A purely visual mix-up. recomendado ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and recomendó ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recomendado is recorded at frequency rank #10,206, classified as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. recomendó is at rank #11,850, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22056, this pair ranks #252,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recomendado vs recomendó

Shared letters: cdemnor. Private to "recomendado": a. Private to "recomendó": ó.

"recomendado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "recomendó" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recomendadoercomendado · rceomendado · reccomendado · recmoendado · recoemndado · recomednado · recomenaddo · recomendaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recomendado" for "recomendó" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o] versus [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recomendado" vs "recomendó" - which ranks higher?
"recomendado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,206 in our Spanish list, against #11,850 for "recomendó". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recomendado" and "recomendó" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recomendado" and "recomendó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendó vs recomiende". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #252,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list