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

#27,754
“recordada” frequency rank
#25,786
“reformada” frequency rank
53540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordada reformada
Definition Forma del femenino de recordado, participio de recordar. Forma del femenino de reformado, participio de reformar.

Where the eye mixes recordada and reformada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recordada and reformada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
recordada
9 ch
reformada

Look-alike desk: recordada vs reformada

A purely visual mix-up. recordada ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a]) and reformada ([refoɾˈmað̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53540, 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]. reformada is at rank #25,786, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [refoɾˈmað̞a].

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 53540, this pair ranks #87,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recordada vs reformada

Shared letters: adeor. Private to "recordada": c. Private to "reformada": fm.

"recordada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "reformada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordada ← ercordada · rceordada · reccordada · recodrada · recoradda · recordaad · recordadda · recorddaa
  • reformada ← erformada · refformada · refomrada · reforamda · reformaad · reformadda · reformdaa · reformmada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordada" for "reformada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a] versus [refoɾˈmað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recordada" vs "reformada" - which ranks higher?
"reformada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,786 in our Spanish list, against #27,754 for "recordada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "recordada" and "reformada" 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 "reformada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordada" and "reformada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordada vs recordadas". 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 #87,394 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