recorridovsrecorrimosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: recorrido is a noun, recorrimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recorrido” is a noun and “recorrimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,949
“recorrido” frequency rank
#48,652
“recorrimos” frequency rank
51601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recorrido recorrimos
Definition Distancia total de un tramo o trayecto. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recorrer.

Where the eye mixes recorrido and recorrimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recorrido runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against recorrimos's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
recorrido
10 ch
recorrimos

Why the eye confuses recorrido with recorrimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recorrido is [rekoˈrið̞o] while recorrimos is [rekoˈrimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recorrido is recorded at frequency rank #2,949, classified as anoun, pronounced [rekoˈrið̞o]. recorrimos is at rank #48,652, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoˈrimos].

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 51601, this pair ranks #97,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recorrido vs recorrimos

Shared letters: ceior. Private to "recorrido": d. Private to "recorrimos": ms.

"recorrido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "recorrimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recorridoercorrido · rceorrido · reccorrido · recorido · recorirdo · recorrdio · recorriddo · recorriod
  • recorrimosercorrimos · rceorrimos · reccorrimos · recorimos · recorirmos · recorrimmos · recorrimoss · recorrimso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recorrido" for "recorrimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recorrido" is a noun and "recorrimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recorrido" vs "recorrimos" - which ranks higher?
"recorrido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,949 in our Spanish list, against #48,652 for "recorrimos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recorrido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recorrimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,072 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recorrido" and "recorrimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorridos vs recorrimos". 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 #97,072 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