recuerdo

/[reˈkweɾð̞o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#778

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

recuerdo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de recordar. Pronounced [reˈkweɾð̞o]. It ranks #778 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with recurso and reguero.

Key facts for recuerdo
PropertyValue
Headwordrecuerdo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈkweɾð̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#778
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of recuerdo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for recuerdo is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈkweɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #778 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for recuerdo, with forms such as "ercuerdo", "rceuerdo", and "reccuerdo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "recurso", "reguero", "refuerzo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is recuerdo, spelled R-E-C-U-E-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de recordar.
  2. 2
    Facultad para evocar o recordar; memoria.
  3. 3
    Regalo que se da en señal de afecto o amistad.
  4. 4
    Objeto que se conserva para evocar un hecho vivido o a alguna persona.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercuerdo,rceuerdo,reccuerdo,receurdo,recuedro,recuerddo,recuerod,recuerrdo,recuredo,reucerdo,rrecuerdo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recuerdo

Misspelling Variants of "recuerdo"

ercuerdo8rceuerdo8reccuerdo9receurdo8recuedro8recuerddo9recuerod8recuerrdo9
Misspelling Variants of "recuerdo"

Frequency rank: #778 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recuerdo"?
"recuerdo" is spelled R-E-C-U-E-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈkweɾð̞o].
What does "recuerdo" mean?
As a noun, "recuerdo" means: Acción o efecto de recordar.
What words are commonly confused with "recuerdo"?
"recuerdo" is commonly confused with "recurso", "reguero", "refuerzo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recuerdo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recuerdo" is [reˈkweɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recuerdo" come from?
"recuerdo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.