recostar
/ʁe.kosˈta(ʁ)/
The verdict
“recostar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,814 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,814
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - encostar, deitar as costas em, apoiar as costas em, tocar em
| 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) |
Where “recostar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
recostar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,814 among 1,668 “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
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 “recostar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-C-O-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.