Which to use
“recent” is an adjective and “Rezept” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,411
- “recent” frequency rank
- #3,541
- “Rezept” frequency rank
- 51952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recent | Rezept |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kürzlich, jüngst | Anleitung zur Mischung, Mischreihenfolge und Verarbeitung von Substanzen, um eine Speise oder Anderes zuzubereiten |
Letter map: recent vs Rezept
Shared letters muted; letters that set recent and Rezept apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for recent / Rezept
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recent is anadjective and Rezeptanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recent is recorded at frequency rank #48,411, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Rezept is at rank #3,541, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈt͡sɛpt].
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 51952, this pair ranks #1,115,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recent vs Rezept
Shared letters: ert. Private to "recent": cn. Private to "Rezept": pz.
"recent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Rezept" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recent" and "Rezept" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "recent" or "Rezept" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "recent" and "Rezept".
- Full dictionary entry for "recent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Rezept" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,115,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recent" and "Rezept" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs recent". 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 #1,115,694 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.