Which to use
“recurrido” is a verb and “requerido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,479
- “recurrido” frequency rank
- #11,486
- “requerido” frequency rank
- 33965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recurrido | requerido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de recurrir. | Se dice de lo que se requiere. |
Where the eye mixes recurrido and requerido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recurrido (CVCVCCVCV) and requerido (CVCVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recurrido vs requerido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recurrido is [rekuˈrið̞o] while requerido is [rekeˈɾið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recurrido is recorded at frequency rank #22,479, classified as averb, pronounced [rekuˈrið̞o]. requerido is at rank #11,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced [rekeˈɾið̞o].
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 33965, this pair ranks #193,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recurrido vs requerido
Shared letters: deioru. Private to "recurrido": c. Private to "requerido": q.
"recurrido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "requerido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recurrido" and "requerido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recurrido" or "requerido" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recurrido" and "requerido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recurrido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requerido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recurrido" and "requerido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorrida vs recurrido". 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 #193,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.