recordadasvsreforzadasWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#48,030
“recordadas” frequency rank
#40,505
“reforzadas” frequency rank
88535
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordadas reforzadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de recordado, participio de recordar. Forma del femenino plural de reforzado, participio de reforzar.

Where the eye mixes recordadas and reforzadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recordadas and reforzadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
recordadas
10 ch
reforzadas

Why the eye confuses recordadas with reforzadas

A purely visual mix-up. recordadas ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞as]) and reforzadas ([refoɾˈsað̞as]) 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 88535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordadas is recorded at frequency rank #48,030, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞as]. reforzadas is at rank #40,505, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [refoɾˈsað̞as].

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 88535, this pair ranks #3,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordadas vs reforzadas

Shared letters: adeors. Private to "recordadas": c. Private to "reforzadas": fz.

"recordadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "reforzadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordadas ← ercordadas · rceordadas · reccordadas · recodradas · recoraddas · recordaads · recordadass · recordaddas
  • reforzadas ← erforzadas · refforzadas · reforazdas · reforrzadas · reforzaads · reforzadass · reforzaddas · reforzadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordadas" for "reforzadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞as] versus [refoɾˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recordadas" or "reforzadas" show up more?
"reforzadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,505 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reforzadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordadas" and "reforzadas" 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 #3,715 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