recanto

noun

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The verdict

“recanto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,455
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - canto oculto

Corpus desk

Index PT-recanto · recanto · Portuguese

recanto · rank #25,455 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH raso

Nearest frequency peer: raso (-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 “recanto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “recanto” 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).

recanto vs relato
71% similar
recanto vs recent
71% similar
recanto vs recente
71% similar

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

Key facts for recanto
PropertyValue
Headwordrecanto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,455
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recanto”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.recantocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “raso” (#25,454), “recompensar” (#25,457), “reformista” (#25,460). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recanto” fica em #25,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around recanto, anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,455 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for recanto, with forms such as "ercanto", "rceanto", and "reacnto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "relato", "recent", "recente", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is recanto, spelled R-E-C-A-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    canto oculto
  2. 2
    lugar confortável, que apraz

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how recanto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esse recanto escondido do litoral baiano tem poucas pousadas e poucos turistas.

Synonyms

cantoesconderijo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercanto
  • rceanto
  • reacnto
  • recannto
  • recanot
  • recantto
  • recatno
  • reccanto
  • recnato
  • rrecanto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recanto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercanto2rceanto2reacnto2recannto1recanot2recantto1recatno2reccanto1
Edit distance from "recanto"

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 "recanto"?
"recanto" is spelled R-E-C-A-N-T-O.
What does "recanto" mean?
As a noun, "recanto" means: canto oculto
What words are commonly confused with "recanto"?
"recanto" is commonly confused with "relato", "recent", "recente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "recanto" come from?
"recanto" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

promise#25,449reverso#25,478permuta#25,429mestiço#25,397

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

orquídea10 variantsAlberta10 variantschaminé10 variantsestimar10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list