recurso

/[reˈkuɾso]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,285

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

recurso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de recurrir (buscar la ayuda de un juez, autoridad, o alguien con capacidad para darla; reaparecer; regresar). Pronounced [reˈkuɾso]. It ranks #3,285 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with rehusó and reverso.

Key facts for recurso
PropertyValue
Headwordrecurso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈkuɾso]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,285
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for recurso is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈkuɾso]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,285 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for recurso, with forms such as "ercurso", "rceurso", and "reccurso". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rehusó", "reverso", "recursos", 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 recurso, spelled R-E-C-U-R-S-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 recurrir (buscar la ayuda de un juez, autoridad, o alguien con capacidad para darla; reaparecer; regresar).
  2. 2
    Medio al que se puede recurrir para alcanzar un fin deseado.
  3. 3
    Acción o efecto de regresar o de retornar.
  4. 4
    Petición que se eleva por escrito ante una autoridad.
  5. 5
    En particular, recurso₄ que se presenta para solicitar la revisión de un fallo judicial o administrativo en una instancia superior.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercurso,rceurso,reccurso,recruso,recuros,recurrso,recusro,reucrso,rrecurso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recurso

Misspelling Variants of "recurso"

ercurso7rceurso7reccurso8recruso7recuros7recurrso8recusro7reucrso7
Misspelling Variants of "recurso"

Frequency rank: #3,285 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recurso"?
"recurso" is spelled R-E-C-U-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈkuɾso].
What does "recurso" mean?
As a noun, "recurso" means: Acción o efecto de recurrir (buscar la ayuda de un juez, autoridad, o alguien con capacidad para darla; reaparecer; regresar).
What words are commonly confused with "recurso"?
"recurso" is commonly confused with "rehusó", "reverso", "recursos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recurso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recurso" is [reˈkuɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recurso" come from?
"recurso" 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.