recordadosvsrecorridosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,747
“recordados” frequency rank
#14,936
“recorridos” frequency rank
49683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordados recorridos
Definition Forma del plural de recordado, participio de recordar. Forma del plural de recorrido, participio de recorrer.

Where the eye mixes recordados and recorridos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
recordados
10 ch
recorridos

Visual trap between recordados and recorridos

A purely visual mix-up. recordados ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞os]) and recorridos ([rekoˈrið̞os]) 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 49683, 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]. recorridos is at rank #14,936, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoˈrið̞os].

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 49683, this pair ranks #107,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recordados vs recorridos

Shared letters: cdeors. Private to "recordados": a. Private to "recorridos": i.

"recordados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "recorridos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordadosercordados · rceordados · reccordados · recodrados · recoraddos · recordaddos · recordadoss · recordadso
  • recorridosercorridos · rceorridos · reccorridos · recoridos · recorirdos · recorrdios · recorriddos · recorridoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordados" for "recorridos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞os] versus [rekoˈrið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recordados" vs "recorridos" - which ranks higher?
"recorridos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,936 in our Spanish list, against #34,747 for "recordados". 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 "recordados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recorridos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordados" and "recorridos" 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 #107,438 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