recado

/Rɨ.ˈka.du/

//Rɨ.ˈka.du// noun

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The verdict

“recado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,673
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra)

Corpus desk

Index PT-recado · recado · Portuguese

recado · rank #4,673 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,673
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH record

Nearest frequency peer: record (+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 rank junto ao íman ortográfico “recado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “recado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

recado vs relato
67% similar
recado vs receio
67% similar
recado vs reparo
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for recado
PropertyValue
Headwordrecado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.ˈka.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,673
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recado”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).recadocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “record” (#4,674), “profundidade” (#4,671), “relato” (#4,675). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recado” fica em #4,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around recado (IPA /Rɨ.ˈka.du/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,673 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for recado, with forms such as "ercado", "rceado", and "reacdo". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "relato", "receio", "reparo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is recado, spelled R-E-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra)
  2. 2
    mensagem
  3. 3
    censura
  4. 4
    ralho

This word in other languages

recado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercado
  • rceado
  • reacdo
  • recaddo
  • recaod
  • reccado
  • recdao
  • rrecado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ercado2rceado2reacdo2recaddo1recaod2reccado1recdao2rrecado1
Edit distance from "recado"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recado"?
"recado" is spelled R-E-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈka.du/.
What does "recado" mean?
As a noun, "recado" means: participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra)
What words are commonly confused with "recado"?
"recado" is commonly confused with "relato", "receio", "reparo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recado" is /Rɨ.ˈka.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recado" come from?
"recado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "recado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

record#4,674relato#4,675pressa#4,670ocupar#4,667

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

aborto8 variantseficaz8 variantsdragão8 variantscigarro8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list