recitan
[reˈsit̪ãn]
The verdict
“recitan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,500 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recitar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-recitan · recitan · Spanish
recitan · rank #79,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,500
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Recabarren
Nearest frequency peer: Recabarren (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “recitan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- reaccioné
reaccioné
20,505 corpus weight
- rebels
rebels
20,504 corpus weight
- Recabarren
Recabarren
20,503 corpus weight
- recitan
recitan
20,501 corpus weight
- reconstruid…
reconstruidas
20,499 corpus weight
- recopilamos
recopilamos
20,498 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “recitan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recitan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reˈsit̪ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “recitan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
recitan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,500 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [reˈsit̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recitar.".
recitan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is recitan, spelled R-E-C-I-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recitar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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