# recuperation

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,033

## Definitions
1. Gradual restoration to health.
2. Instance of getting something back.
3. Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.

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

## Common misspellings (18)
`ercuperation`, `rceuperation`, `reccuperation`, `recpueration`, `recuepration`, `recupeartion`, `recuperaiton`, `recuperasion`, `recuperatino`, `recuperationn`, `recuperatoin`, `recuperattion`, `recuperration`, `recupertaion`, `recupperation`, `recupreation`, `reucperation`, `rrecuperation`

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