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

#26,982
“recuperada” frequency rank
#43,223
“recuperadas” frequency rank
70205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recuperada recuperadas
Definition Forma del femenino de recuperado, participio de recuperar o de recuperarse. Forma del femenino plural de recuperado, participio de recuperar o de recuperarse.

Where the eye mixes recuperada and recuperadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recuperada runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against recuperadas's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
recuperada
11 ch
recuperadas

Why the eye confuses recuperada with recuperadas

A purely visual mix-up. recuperada ([rekupeˈɾað̞a]) and recuperadas ([rekupeˈɾað̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “recuperada” sits inside “recuperadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recuperada is recorded at frequency rank #26,982, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekupeˈɾað̞a]. recuperadas is at rank #43,223, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekupeˈɾað̞as].

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 70205, this pair ranks #30,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recuperada vs recuperadas

Shared letters: acdepru. Private to "recuperada": -. Private to "recuperadas": s.

"recuperada" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "recuperadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recuperadaercuperada · rceuperada · reccuperada · recpuerada · recueprada · recupearda · recuperaad · recuperadda
  • recuperadasercuperadas · rceuperadas · reccuperadas · recpueradas · recuepradas · recupeardas · recuperaads · recuperadass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recuperada" and "recuperadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rekupeˈɾað̞a] versus [rekupeˈɾað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recuperada" or "recuperadas" show up more?
"recuperada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,982 in our Spanish list, against #43,223 for "recuperadas". 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 "recuperada" and "recuperadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recuperada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recuperadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recuperada" and "recuperadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperadas vs remuneradas". 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 #30,242 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