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

#22,480
“recurrió” frequency rank
#6,108
“recurrir” frequency rank
28588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recurrió recurrir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recurrir. Acudir al favor de alguno o en demanda de algo.

Where the eye mixes recurrió and recurrir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recurrió (CVCVCCVV) and recurrir (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
recurrió
8 ch
recurrir

Visual trap between recurrió and recurrir

A purely visual mix-up. recurrió ([rekuˈrjo]) and recurrir ([rekuˈriɾ]) 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 - ó in “recurrió” becomes r in “recurrir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recurrió is recorded at frequency rank #22,480, classified as averb, pronounced [rekuˈrjo]. recurrir is at rank #6,108, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekuˈriɾ].

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 28588, this pair ranks #221,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recurrió vs recurrir

Shared letters: ceiru. Private to "recurrió": ó. Private to "recurrir": -.

"recurrió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "recurrir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recurrirercurrir · rceurrir · reccurrir · recrurir · recurir · recurirr · recurrirr · recurrri

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recurrió" and "recurrir" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([rekuˈrjo] versus [rekuˈriɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recurrió" or "recurrir"?
"recurrir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,108 in our Spanish list, against #22,480 for "recurrió". 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 "recurrió" and "recurrir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recurrió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recurrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recurrió" and "recurrir" 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 #221,264 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