# reciprocal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/ · frequency rank #21,910

## Definitions
1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
2. Mutually interchangeable.
3. Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
4. Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
5. Done, given, felt, or owed in return.

## Etymology
From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).

## Easily confused with
- **reciprocate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reciprocal-vs-reciprocate)

## Common misspellings (15)
`erciprocal`, `rceiprocal`, `recciprocal`, `reciporcal`, `recipprocal`, `reciprcoal`, `reciproacl`, `reciprocall`, `reciproccal`, `reciprocla`, `reciprrocal`, `recirpocal`, `recpirocal`, `reicprocal`, `rreciprocal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reciprocal