recordadavsrecordáisConfusable pair

Quick tell: recordada is a participle, recordáis is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recordada” is a participle and “recordáis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,754
“recordada” frequency rank
#43,222
“recordáis” frequency rank
70976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordada recordáis
Definition Forma del femenino de recordado, participio de recordar. Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de recordar.

Where the eye mixes recordada and recordáis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

9 ch
recordada
9 ch
recordáis

Visual trap between recordada and recordáis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recordada is [rekoɾˈð̞að̞a] while recordáis is [rekoɾˈð̞ajs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 70976, 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]. recordáis is at rank #43,222, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞ajs].

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 70976, this pair ranks #28,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordada vs recordáis

Shared letters: cdeor. Private to "recordada": a. Private to "recordáis": isá.

"recordada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "recordáis" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordadaercordada · rceordada · reccordada · recodrada · recoradda · recordaad · recordadda · recorddaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recordada" and "recordáis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recordada" is a participle and "recordáis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recordada" vs "recordáis" - which ranks higher?
"recordada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,754 in our Spanish list, against #43,222 for "recordáis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recordáis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordada" and "recordáis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordadas vs recordáis". 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 #28,510 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