recto
[ˈrekt̪o]
The verdict
“recto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene la forma que sigue el camino más corto entre dos puntos, sin inclinarse, ni torcerse, ni cambiar de dirección.
Corpus desk
Index ES-recto · recto · Spanish
recto · rank #10,058 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,058
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH recurrente
Nearest frequency peer: recurrente (+1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “recto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- puño
puño
89,946 corpus weight
- quitan
quitan
89,945 corpus weight
- recto
recto
89,943 corpus weight
- recurrente
recurrente
89,942 corpus weight
- redujo
redujo
89,941 corpus weight
- relativos
relativos
89,940 corpus weight
What this shows “recto” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈrekt̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “recto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around recto (IPA [ˈrekt̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,058 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for recto, with forms such as "ercto", "rceto", and "reccto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reo", "rico", "reto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is recto, spelled R-E-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene la forma que sigue el camino más corto entre dos puntos, sin inclinarse, ni torcerse, ni cambiar de dirección.
- 2Se dice del movimiento que sigue este camino.
- 3Que es vertical, sin inclinarse ni desviarse hacia ningún lado.
- 4Se dice de la ropa, o parte de ella, sin pliegues, dobleces ni vuelos.
- 5Que tiene una conducta intachable, justa, firme, que cumple con su deber.
- 6Que es lo más apropiado para cierto fin.
- 7Sentido no figurado o translaticio de las palabras, cuando estas pueden interpretarse de más de una forma.
- 8Hablando de un cuaderno, libro o texto escrito presentado de forma similar, cuando está abierto, lo que queda en la mitad derecha.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pues giras en la primera calle a la derecha, sigues todo recto.
Falda recta.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercto
- rceto
- reccto
- recot
- rectto
- retco
- rrecto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).