Which to use
“recordado” is a verb and “recordados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,863
- “recordado” frequency rank
- #34,747
- “recordados” frequency rank
- 43610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recordado | recordados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de recordar. | Forma del plural de recordado, participio de recordar. |
Where the eye mixes recordado and recordados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between recordado and recordados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recordado is [rekoɾˈð̞að̞o] while recordados is [rekoɾˈð̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recordado” sits inside “recordados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recordado is recorded at frequency rank #8,863, classified as averb, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞o]. recordados is at rank #34,747, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞os].
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 43610, this pair ranks #141,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recordado vs recordados
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordado": -. Private to "recordados": s.
"recordado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "recordados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recordado ← ercordado · rceordado · reccordado · recodrado · recoraddo · recordaddo · recordaod · recorddado
- recordados ← ercordados · rceordados · reccordados · recodrados · recoraddos · recordaddos · recordadoss · recordadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recordado" for "recordados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recordado" or "recordados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recordado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recordados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recordado" and "recordados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordadas vs recordados". 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 #141,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.