Which to use
“recur” is a verb and “Reus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,442
- “recur” frequency rank
- #35,913
- “Reus” frequency rank
- 80355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recur | Reus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly. | A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. |
Letter map: recur vs Reus
Shared letters muted; letters that set recur and Reus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. recur runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Reus's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for recur / Reus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recur is averb and Reusaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recur is recorded at frequency rank #44,442, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈkɜː/. Reus is at rank #35,913, tagged as aname.
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 80355, this pair ranks #19,991 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recur vs Reus
Shared letters: eru. Private to "recur": c. Private to "Reus": s.
"recur" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Reus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recur" and "Reus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recur" vs "Reus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "recur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Reus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,991 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recur" and "Reus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebar vs recur". 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 #19,991 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.