# recommend

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ · frequency rank #2,459

## Definitions
1. To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
3. To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
4. To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

## Etymology
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”).
Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporǎčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (rǎka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`ercommend`, `rceommend`, `reccommend`, `recmomend`, `recomemnd`, `recomend`, `recommedn`, `recommendd`, `recommennd`, `recommned`, `reocmmend`, `rrecommend`

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