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

#18,664
“recorren” frequency rank
#6,352
“recorrer” frequency rank
25016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recorren recorrer
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recorrer. Transitar todo un camino o lugar.

Where the eye mixes recorren and recorrer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recorren and recorrer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
recorren
8 ch
recorrer

Why the eye confuses recorren with recorrer

A purely visual mix-up. recorren ([reˈkorẽn]) and recorrer ([rekoˈreɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “recorren” becomes r in “recorrer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recorren is recorded at frequency rank #18,664, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkorẽn]. recorrer is at rank #6,352, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoˈreɾ].

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 25016, this pair ranks #238,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recorren vs recorrer

Shared letters: ceor. Private to "recorren": n. Private to "recorrer": -.

"recorren" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "recorrer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recorren ← ercorren · rceorren · reccorren · recoren · recorern · recorrenn · recorrne · recroren
  • recorrer ← ercorrer · rceorrer · reccorrer · recorer · recorerr · recorrerr · recorrre · recrorer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recorren" and "recorrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈkorẽn] versus [rekoˈreɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recorren" or "recorrer"?
"recorrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,352 in our Spanish list, against #18,664 for "recorren". 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 "recorren" and "recorrer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recorren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recorrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recorren" and "recorrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorren vs recortan". 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 #238,400 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