recair

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,688

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

recair is aPortugueseverb. It means: cair novamente; cair muitas vezes Often confused with rezar and regar.

Key facts for recair
PropertyValue
Headwordrecair
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,688
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of recair in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for recair is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #41,688 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for recair, with forms such as "ercair", "rceair", and "reacir". 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, "rezar", "regar", "remar", 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 Portuguese form is recair, spelled R-E-C-A-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cair novamente; cair muitas vezes
  2. 2
    voltar a um estado anterior que se havia deixado
  3. 3
    tornar a adoecer da mesma moléstia
  4. 4
    incorrer outra vez em; reincidir
  5. 5
    ter por objeto algum assunto, dizer respeito:
  6. 6
    pesar sobre

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercair,rceair,reacir,recairr,recari,reccair,reciar,rrecair

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recair

Misspelling Variants of "recair"

ercair6rceair6reacir6recairr7recari6reccair7reciar6rrecair7
Misspelling Variants of "recair"

Frequency rank: #41,688 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recair"?
"recair" is spelled R-E-C-A-I-R.
What does "recair" mean?
As a verb, "recair" means: cair novamente; cair muitas vezes
What words are commonly confused with "recair"?
"recair" is commonly confused with "rezar", "regar", "remar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "recair" come from?
"recair" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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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.