recitação

noun

The verdict

“recitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,424 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,424
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de recitar

Corpus desk

Index PT-recitacao · recitação · Portuguese

recitação · rank #62,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,424
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH reciprocamente

Nearest frequency peer: reciprocamente (-1 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 “recitação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recitação
PropertyValue
Headwordrecitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “recitação” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “reciprocamente” (#62,423), “reap” (#62,420), “redondamente” (#62,428). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recitação” fica em #62,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,424 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for recitação, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is recitação, spelled R-E-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de recitar
  2. 2
    declamação

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Recitação de uma fábula.

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 "recitação"?
"recitação" is spelled R-E-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "recitação" mean?
As a noun, "recitação" means: ato ou efeito de recitar
What language does "recitação" come from?
"recitação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list