recompensa

//Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,331

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

recompensa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: prêmio ou remuneração concedida em reconhecimento a determinado ato Pronounced /Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. It ranks #7,331 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with recompensar and recompensado.

Key facts for recompensa
PropertyValue
Headwordrecompensa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,331
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of recompensa in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for recompensa is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,331 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for recompensa, with forms such as "ercompensa", "rceompensa", and "reccompensa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "recompensar", "recompensado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is recompensa, spelled R-E-C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prêmio ou remuneração concedida em reconhecimento a determinado ato
  2. 2
    indenização

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercompensa,rceompensa,reccompensa,recmopensa,recomepnsa,recommpensa,recompenas,recompennsa,recompenssa,recompesna,recompnesa,recomppensa,recopmensa,reocmpensa,rrecompensa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recompensa

Misspelling Variants of "recompensa"

ercompensa10rceompensa10reccompensa11recmopensa10recomepnsa10recommpensa11recompenas10recompennsa11
Misspelling Variants of "recompensa"

Frequency rank: #7,331 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recompensa"?
"recompensa" is spelled R-E-C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/.
What does "recompensa" mean?
As a noun, "recompensa" means: prêmio ou remuneração concedida em reconhecimento a determinado ato
What words are commonly confused with "recompensa"?
"recompensa" is commonly confused with "recompensar", "recompensado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recompensa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recompensa" is /Rɨ.kõ.ˈpẽ.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recompensa" come from?
"recompensa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.