recitado

adj

The verdict

“recitado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,462 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,462
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que foi recitado, lido ou declamado em voz alta

Corpus desk

Index PT-recitado · recitado · Portuguese

recitado · rank #89,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,462
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH rastafári

Nearest frequency peer: rastafári (-5 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 “recitado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recitado
PropertyValue
Headwordrecitado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “recitado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.recitadocai 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: “rastafári” (#89,457), “regressivo” (#89,475), “púrpuras” (#89,447). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recitado” fica em #89,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recitado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,462 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que foi recitado, lido ou declamado em voz alta".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recitado, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 recitado, spelled R-E-C-I-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que foi recitado, lido ou declamado em voz alta

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O poema foi recitado diante da plateia

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 "recitado"?
"recitado" is spelled R-E-C-I-T-A-D-O.
What does "recitado" mean?
As an adjective, "recitado" means: que foi recitado, lido ou declamado em voz alta
What language does "recitado" come from?
"recitado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list