autoreconocerse

A commonly seen spelling of autorreconocerse (to recognize oneself or one's own identity) that drops the second r. Spanish orthography requires rr between vowels when a prefix ending in a vowel (auto-) meets a root beginning with r (reconocer), to preserve the strong trilled sound — the correct standard spelling is autorreconocerse.

• Es un paso importante autoreconocerse como parte del problema. — It's an important step to recognize yourself as part of the problem.
• Muchos hablantes escriben "autoreconocerse" en vez de "autorreconocerse". — Many speakers write "autoreconocerse" instead of the correct "autorreconocerse."
• Autoreconocerse, bien escrito autorreconocerse, es el primer paso hacia el cambio. — Recognizing yourself — correctly spelled autorreconocerse — is the first step toward change.

This spelling is technically incorrect per the RAE — always double-check for the required rr in compounds like this one, the same rule that applies to autorregular and autorretrato.

Often confused with autorreconocerse.