receive

/ɹɪˈsiːv/

//ɹɪˈsiːv// verb

The verdict

“receive” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,068 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,068
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - receber; obter

Corpus desk

Index PT-receive · receive · Portuguese

receive · rank #65,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,068
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH remanso

Nearest frequency peer: remanso (+8 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “receive”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “receive” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for receive
PropertyValue
Headwordreceive
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɹɪˈsiːv/
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,068
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “receive” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.receivecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “remanso” (#65,076), “promulgar” (#65,045), “probatório” (#65,040). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “receive” fica em #65,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

receive is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,068 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹɪˈsiːv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "receber; obter".

receive has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is receive, spelled R-E-C-E-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    receber; obter

Synonyms

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 "receive"?
"receive" is spelled R-E-C-E-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɪˈsiːv/.
What does "receive" mean?
As a verb, "receive" means: receber; obter
How do you pronounce "receive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "receive" is /ɹɪˈsiːv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "receive" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list