Which to use
“recomendados” is a participle and “recomendaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,920
- “recomendados” frequency rank
- #30,641
- “recomendaron” frequency rank
- 54561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recomendados | recomendaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recomendar. |
Where the eye mixes recomendados and recomendaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recomendados and recomendaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recomendados with recomendaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recomendados is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os] while recomendaron is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recomendados is recorded at frequency rank #23,920, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. recomendaron is at rank #30,641, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾõn].
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 54561, this pair ranks #82,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recomendados vs recomendaron
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendados": s. Private to "recomendaron": -.
"recomendados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC · "recomendaron" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recomendados ← ercomendados · rceomendados · reccomendados · recmoendados · recoemndados · recomednados · recomenaddos · recomendaddos
- recomendaron ← ercomendaron · rceomendaron · reccomendaron · recmoendaron · recoemndaron · recomednaron · recomenadron · recomendaorn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recomendados" for "recomendaron" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recomendados" or "recomendaron" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recomendados" and "recomendaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendados vs recompensados". 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 #82,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.