Which to use
“recordada” is a participle and “recortado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,754
- “recordada” frequency rank
- #31,088
- “recortado” frequency rank
- 58842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recordada | recortado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de recordado, participio de recordar. | Cortado de modo que todavía quede gran parte del cuerpo principal. |
Where the eye mixes recordada and recortado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recordada and recortado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recordada and recortado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recordada is [rekoɾˈð̞að̞a] while recortado is [rekoɾˈt̪að̞o]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58842, 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]. recortado is at rank #31,088, tagged as anadj, pronounced [rekoɾˈt̪að̞o].
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 58842, this pair ranks #64,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recordada vs recortado
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordada": -. Private to "recortado": t.
"recordada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "recortado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recordada" and "recortado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recordada" or "recortado" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recordada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recortado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recordada" and "recortado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortado vs recortan". 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 #64,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.