Which to use
“recordados” is a participle and “recordaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,747
- “recordados” frequency rank
- #34,301
- “recordaron” frequency rank
- 69048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recordados | recordaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de recordado, participio de recordar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recordar. |
Where the eye mixes recordados and recordaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between recordados and recordaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recordados is [rekoɾˈð̞að̞os] while recordaron is [rekoɾˈð̞aɾõn]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recordados is recorded at frequency rank #34,747, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞os]. recordaron is at rank #34,301, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞aɾõn].
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 69048, this pair ranks #32,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recordados vs recordaron
Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordados": s. Private to "recordaron": n.
"recordados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "recordaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recordados ← ercordados · rceordados · reccordados · recodrados · recoraddos · recordaddos · recordadoss · recordadso
- recordaron ← ercordaron · rceordaron · reccordaron · recodraron · recoradron · recordaorn · recordarno · recordaronn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recordados" and "recordaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recordados" vs "recordaron" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recordaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recordados" and "recordaron" 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 #32,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.