recostar
/ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/
The verdict
“recostar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,814 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,814
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - encostar, deitar as costas em, apoiar as costas em, tocar em
Corpus desk
Index PT-recostar · recostar · Portuguese
recostar · rank #86,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,814
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH reaproveitar
Nearest frequency peer: reaproveitar (-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 “recostar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- preá
preá
13,223 corpus weight
- quadrúpede
quadrúpede
13,208 corpus weight
- queixos
queixos
13,207 corpus weight
- reaproveitar
reaproveitar
13,192 corpus weight
- recostar
recostar
13,187 corpus weight
- rok
rok
13,155 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “recostar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recostar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “recostar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
recostar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,814 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
recostar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is recostar, spelled R-E-C-O-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1encostar, deitar as costas em, apoiar as costas em, tocar em
- 2pôr-se de costas a algo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recostar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aquele carro recostou na calçada.
O braço do jogador recostou na bola.
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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