recordarávsrecordaronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,128
“recordará” frequency rank
#34,301
“recordaron” frequency rank
55429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordará recordaron
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de recordar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recordar.

Where the eye mixes recordará and recordaron

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

9 ch
recordará
10 ch
recordaron

Visual trap between recordará and recordaron

A purely visual mix-up. recordará ([rekoɾð̞aˈɾa]) and recordaron ([rekoɾˈð̞aɾõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordará is recorded at frequency rank #21,128, classified as averb, pronounced [rekoɾð̞aˈɾa]. 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 55429, this pair ranks #78,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordará vs recordaron

Shared letters: acdeor. Private to "recordará": á. Private to "recordaron": n.

"recordará" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "recordaron" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordaronercordaron · rceordaron · reccordaron · recodraron · recoradron · recordaorn · recordarno · recordaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordará" for "recordaron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾð̞aˈɾa] versus [rekoɾˈð̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recordará" vs "recordaron" - which ranks higher?
"recordará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,128 in our Spanish list, against #34,301 for "recordaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "recordará" and "recordaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordará" 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 #78,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordará" and "recordaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordaban vs recordaron". 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 #78,928 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