Which to use
“recorrido” is a noun and “recurrió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,949
- “recorrido” frequency rank
- #22,480
- “recurrió” frequency rank
- 25429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recorrido | recurrió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Distancia total de un tramo o trayecto. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recurrir. |
Where the eye mixes recorrido and recurrió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recorrido runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against recurrió's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recorrido vs recurrió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recorrido is [rekoˈrið̞o] while recurrió is [rekuˈrjo]. 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 25429, 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]. recurrió is at rank #22,480, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekuˈrjo].
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 25429, this pair ranks #236,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recorrido vs recurrió
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "recorrido": do. Private to "recurrió": uó.
"recorrido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "recurrió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recorrido ← ercorrido · rceorrido · reccorrido · recorido · recorirdo · recorrdio · recorriddo · recorriod
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recorrido" and "recurrió" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recorrido" or "recurrió"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recorrido" and "recurrió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recorrido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recurrió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recorrido" and "recurrió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorrí vs recurrió". 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 #236,475 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.