receptor
The verdict
“receptor” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,720 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,720
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aparelho de telegrafia destinado a receber os sinais transmitidos pelo fio
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | receptor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “receptor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for receptor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #11,720 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for receptor, with forms such as "erceptor", "rceeptor", and "recceptor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is receptor, spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1aparelho de telegrafia destinado a receber os sinais transmitidos pelo fio
- 2rádio
- 3posição de jogo atrás da base que se posiciona proximamente o rebatedor na qual se posiciona jogador que recebe a bola lançada pelo arremessador
- 4jogador que se posiciona atrás da base na qual se posiciona proximamente o rebatedor e que recebe a bola lançada pelo arremessador
- 5dispositivo que conjuga capacidade de sintonizar e amplificar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erceptor,rceeptor,recceptor,recepotr,recepptor,receptorr,receptro,recepttor,recetpor,recpetor,reecptor,rreceptor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of receptor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “receptor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.