recipiente

noun

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The verdict

“recipiente” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,218
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que recebe

Corpus desk

Index PT-recipiente · recipiente · Portuguese

recipiente · rank #14,218 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,218
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH quilo

Nearest frequency peer: quilo (-2 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 “recipiente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “recipiente” 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).

recipiente vs resiliente
80% similar

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

Key facts for recipiente
PropertyValue
Headwordrecipiente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,218
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recipiente”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).recipientecai 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 “quilo” (#14,216), “reeleito” (#14,220), “repleto” (#14,224). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recipiente” fica em #14,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around recipiente, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,218 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for recipiente, with forms such as "ercipiente", "rceipiente", and "reccipiente". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "resiliente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is recipiente, spelled R-E-C-I-P-I-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que recebe
  2. 2
    vasilha

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Saramago foi o recipiente do prêmio Nobel de literatura em 1998.
  2. Recipientes plásticos não são adequados para conter ácidos.

This word in other languages

recipient(English)receptor(Español)récépteur(Français)Empfänger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercipiente
  • rceipiente
  • reccipiente
  • reciipente
  • recipeinte
  • recipienet
  • recipiennte
  • recipientte
  • recipietne
  • recipinete
  • recippiente
  • recpiiente
  • reicpiente
  • rrecipiente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recipiente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ercipiente2rceipiente2reccipiente1reciipente2recipeinte2recipienet2recipiennte1recipientte1
Edit distance from "recipiente"

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 "recipiente"?
"recipiente" is spelled R-E-C-I-P-I-E-N-T-E.
What does "recipiente" mean?
As a noun, "recipiente" means: aquele que recebe
What words are commonly confused with "recipiente"?
"recipiente" is commonly confused with "resiliente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "recipiente" come from?
"recipiente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salvamento#14,233telenovela#14,250incremento#14,165incorporar#14,164

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

guitarrista14 variantsarqueologia14 variantsprovisório14 variantshabilitação14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list