receber

//Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#921

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

receber is aPortugueseverb. It means: passar a estar em poder de (um objeto qualquer) Pronounced /Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ/. It ranks #921 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with recear.

Key facts for receber
PropertyValue
Headwordreceber
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#921
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for receber is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #921 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for receber, with forms such as "erceber", "rceeber", and "recbeer". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "recear", 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 receber, spelled R-E-C-E-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    passar a estar em poder de (um objeto qualquer)
  2. 2
    aceitar em pagamento
  3. 3
    admitir
  4. 4
    acolher
  5. 5
    ser possesso por um espírito
  6. 6
    ser acertado por
  7. 7
    ter direcionado a si (algo)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erceber,rceeber,recbeer,recceber,recebber,receberr,recebre,receebr,reecber,rreceber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for receber

Misspelling Variants of "receber"

erceber7rceeber7recbeer7recceber8recebber8receberr8recebre7receebr7
Misspelling Variants of "receber"

Frequency rank: #921 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "receber"?
"receber" is spelled R-E-C-E-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ/.
What does "receber" mean?
As a verb, "receber" means: passar a estar em poder de (um objeto qualquer)
What words are commonly confused with "receber"?
"receber" is commonly confused with "recear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "receber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "receber" is /Rɨ.sɨ.ˈbeɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "receber" come from?
"receber" 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.