recepcionar

verb

The verdict

“recepcionar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,796 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,796
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-recepcionar · recepcionar · Portuguese

recepcionar · rank #61,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,796
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH ranhura

Nearest frequency peer: ranhura (-6 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 “recepcionar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recepcionar
PropertyValue
Headwordrecepcionar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “recepcionar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).recepcionarcai 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: “ranhura” (#61,790), “refrear” (#61,806), “quadrilátero” (#61,785). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recepcionar” fica em #61,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recepcionar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,796 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "receber".

No misspelling variants are generated for recepcionar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is recepcionar, spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    receber

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Serão criados um museu e um borboletário, além de espaços para recepcionar os turistas, com lanchonete e restaurante.

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 "recepcionar"?
"recepcionar" is spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-A-R.
What does "recepcionar" mean?
As a verb, "recepcionar" means: receber
What language does "recepcionar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list