requeridasvsrequeridoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: requeridas is a participle, requerido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“requeridas” is a participle and “requerido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,208
“requeridas” frequency rank
#11,486
“requerido” frequency rank
34694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature requeridas requerido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de requerido, participio de requerir. Se dice de lo que se requiere.

Where the eye mixes requeridas and requerido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
requeridas
9 ch
requerido

Visual trap between requeridas and requerido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: requeridas is [rekeˈɾið̞as] while requerido is [rekeˈɾið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

requeridas is recorded at frequency rank #23,208, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekeˈɾið̞as]. 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 34694, this pair ranks #190,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of requeridas vs requerido

Shared letters: deiqru. Private to "requeridas": as. Private to "requerido": o.

"requeridas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC  ·  "requerido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • requeridaserqueridas · reqeuridas · reqqueridas · requeirdas · requerdias · requeriads · requeridass · requeriddas
  • requeridoerquerido · reqeurido · reqquerido · requeirdo · requerdio · requeriddo · requeriod · requerrido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "requeridas" and "requerido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "requeridas" is a participle and "requerido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "requeridas" vs "requerido" - which ranks higher?
"requerido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,486 in our Spanish list, against #23,208 for "requeridas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "requeridas" 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 #190,084 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "requeridas" and "requerido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requerían vs requeridas". 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 #190,084 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