Which to use
“requerido” is an adjective and “requeridos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,486
- “requerido” frequency rank
- #18,071
- “requeridos” frequency rank
- 29557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | requerido | requeridos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de lo que se requiere. | Forma del plural de requerido, participio de requerir. |
Where the eye mixes requerido and requeridos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. requerido runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against requeridos's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between requerido and requeridos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: requerido is [rekeˈɾið̞o] while requeridos is [rekeˈɾið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “requerido” sits inside “requeridos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
requerido is recorded at frequency rank #11,486, classified as anadj, pronounced [rekeˈɾið̞o]. requeridos is at rank #18,071, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekeˈɾið̞os].
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 29557, this pair ranks #216,403 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of requerido vs requeridos
Shared letters: deioqru. Private to "requerido": -. Private to "requeridos": s.
"requerido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV · "requeridos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- requerido ← erquerido · reqeurido · reqquerido · requeirdo · requerdio · requeriddo · requeriod · requerrido
- requeridos ← erqueridos · reqeuridos · reqqueridos · requeirdos · requerdios · requeriddos · requeridoss · requeridso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "requerido" and "requeridos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "requerido" vs "requeridos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "requerido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "requeridos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,403 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "requerido" and "requeridos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requerían vs requerido". 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 #216,403 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.