Which to use
“requerida” and “requerido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,999
- “requerida” frequency rank
- #11,486
- “requerido” frequency rank
- 25485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requerida | requerido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino singular de requerido. | Se dice de lo que se requiere. |
Where the eye mixes requerida and requerido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. requerida and requerido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between requerida and requerido
A purely visual mix-up. requerida ([rekeˈɾið̞a]) and requerido ([rekeˈɾið̞o]) 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 “requerida” becomes o in “requerido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requerida is recorded at frequency rank #13,999, classified as anadj, pronounced [rekeˈɾið̞a]. 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 25485, this pair ranks #236,223 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requerida vs requerido
Shared letters: deiqru. Private to "requerida": a. Private to "requerido": o.
"requerida" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "requerido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "requerida" and "requerido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "requerida" or "requerido" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "requerida" and "requerido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "requerida" 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 #236,223 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requerida" and "requerido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requerían vs requerida". 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 #236,223 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.