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Which to use

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

#26,982
“recuperada” frequency rank
#23,922
“recuperados” frequency rank
50904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes recuperada and recuperados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recuperada runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against recuperados's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
recuperada
11 ch
recuperados

Look-alike desk: recuperada vs recuperados

A purely visual mix-up. recuperada ([rekupeˈɾað̞a]) and recuperados ([rekupeˈɾað̞os]) 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 50904, 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]. recuperados is at rank #23,922, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekupeˈɾað̞os].

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 50904, this pair ranks #100,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recuperada vs recuperados

Shared letters: acdepru. Private to "recuperada": -. Private to "recuperados": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recuperadaercuperada · rceuperada · reccuperada · recpuerada · recueprada · recupearda · recuperaad · recuperadda
  • recuperadosercuperados · rceuperados · reccuperados · recpuerados · recueprados · recupeardos · recuperaddos · recuperadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recuperada" for "recuperados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekupeˈɾað̞a] versus [rekupeˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recuperada" vs "recuperados" - which ranks higher?
"recuperados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,922 in our Spanish list, against #26,982 for "recuperada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recuperada" and "recuperados" 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 "recuperados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recuperada" and "recuperados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperada vs recuperadas". 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 #100,700 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