recontro
The verdict
“recontro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embate, choque, conflito
Corpus desk
Index PT-recontro · recontro · Portuguese
recontro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recontro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “recontro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
recontro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recontro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is recontro, spelled R-E-C-O-N-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1embate, choque, conflito
- 2luta de pouca duração
- 3encontro entre adversários em qualquer modalidade desportiva de luta
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recontro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quando o resultado de cada recontro sucessivo, em vez de ser uma vitória, é uma derrota, o repto que nunca obteve qualquer réplica não pode ser considerado afastado e está predestinado para apresentar-se novamente, e novamente ainda, até receber qualquer réplica, imperfeita e tardia, ou determinar a destruição da sociedade que se mostrou inveteradamente i…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.