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

#43,223
“recuperadas” frequency rank
#23,922
“recuperados” frequency rank
67145
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes recuperadas and recuperados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recuperadas and recuperados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
recuperadas
11 ch
recuperados

Look-alike desk: recuperadas vs recuperados

A purely visual mix-up. recuperadas ([rekupeˈɾað̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “recuperadas” becomes o in “recuperados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recuperadas is recorded at frequency rank #43,223, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekupeˈɾað̞as]. 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 67145, this pair ranks #37,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recuperadas vs recuperados

Shared letters: acdeprsu. Private to "recuperadas": -. Private to "recuperados": o.

"recuperadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "recuperados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recuperadasercuperadas · rceuperadas · reccuperadas · recpueradas · recuepradas · recupeardas · recuperaads · recuperadass
  • recuperadosercuperados · rceuperados · reccuperados · recpuerados · recueprados · recupeardos · recuperaddos · recuperadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recuperadas" and "recuperados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rekupeˈɾað̞as] versus [rekupeˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recuperadas" or "recuperados"?
"recuperados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,922 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

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  • Full dictionary entry for "recuperadas" 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 #37,922 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recuperadas" and "recuperados" 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 #37,922 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