recursivo
[rekuɾˈsiβ̞o]
The verdict
“recursivo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio o relativo a la recursión o iteración.
Corpus desk
Index ES-recursivo · recursivo · Spanish
recursivo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recursivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [rekuɾˈsiβ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “recursivo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
recursivo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [rekuɾˈsiβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio o relativo a la recursión o iteración.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for recursivo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is recursivo, spelled R-E-C-U-R-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Propio o relativo a la recursión o iteración.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recursivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De una manera informal, podríamos decir que un algoritmo es recursivo cuando éste se incluye en su propia definición.
A de todos los subconjuntos recursivos de N es un álgebra que contiene al álgebra de los finitos y cofinitos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.