recordadavsrecordadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,754
“recordada” frequency rank
#48,030
“recordadas” frequency rank
75784
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordada recordadas
Definition Forma del femenino de recordado, participio de recordar. Forma del femenino plural de recordado, participio de recordar.

Where the eye mixes recordada and recordadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
recordada
10 ch
recordadas

Why the eye confuses recordada with recordadas

A purely visual mix-up. recordada ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a]) and recordadas ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞as]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “recordada” sits inside “recordadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordada is recorded at frequency rank #27,754, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞a]. recordadas is at rank #48,030, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞as].

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 75784, this pair ranks #18,916 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordada vs recordadas

Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordada": -. Private to "recordadas": s.

"recordada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "recordadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordadaercordada · rceordada · reccordada · recodrada · recoradda · recordaad · recordadda · recorddaa
  • recordadasercordadas · rceordadas · reccordadas · recodradas · recoraddas · recordaads · recordadass · recordaddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordada" for "recordadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a] versus [rekoɾˈð̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recordada" or "recordadas" show up more?
"recordada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,754 in our Spanish list, against #48,030 for "recordadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recordadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,916 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordada" and "recordadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordadas vs reportadas". 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 #18,916 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