reco
/ˈrɛ.kʊ/
The verdict
“reco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,300 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,300
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - leitão, porco novo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈrɛ.kʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,300 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈrɛ.kʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for reco in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is reco, spelled R-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1leitão, porco novo
- 2qualquer porco
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 “reco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈrɛ.kʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.