recreação

noun

The verdict

“recreação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,566
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,668
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - descanso, lazer, divertimento; ato, circunstância ou momento em que o indivíduo se diverte, descansa, brinca, e se manifesta através de "matar a vontade de", ou seja, tornar-se sua vontade algo con...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

recreação vs refração
78% similar
recreação vs recriação
89% similar
recreação vs receção
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for recreação
PropertyValue
Headwordrecreação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,566
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “recreação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). recreação lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around recreação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,566 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "descanso, lazer, divertimento; ato, circunstância ou momento em que o indivíduo se diverte, descansa, brinca, e se manifesta através de "matar a vontade de", ou seja, tornar-se sua vontade algo con...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for recreação, with forms such as "ercreação", "rcereação", and "reccreação". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "refração", "recriação", "receção", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 recreação, spelled R-E-C-R-E-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    descanso, lazer, divertimento; ato, circunstância ou momento em que o indivíduo se diverte, descansa, brinca, e se manifesta através de "matar a vontade de", ou seja, tornar-se sua vontade algo consequentemente realizado, visando melhoria ao seu bem estar e comodismo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercreação
  • rcereação
  • reccreação
  • receração
  • recraeção
  • recreaãço
  • recreaçoã
  • recreçaão
  • recrreação
  • rerceação
  • rrecreação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recreação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ercreação2rcereação2reccreação1receração2recraeção2recreaãço2recreaçoã2recreçaão2
Edit distance from "recreação"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recreação"?
"recreação" is spelled R-E-C-R-E-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "recreação" mean?
As a noun, "recreação" means: descanso, lazer, divertimento; ato, circunstância ou momento em que o indivíduo se diverte, descansa, brinca, e se manifesta através de "matar a vontade de", ou seja, tornar-se sua vontade algo con...
What words are commonly confused with "recreação"?
"recreação" is commonly confused with "refração", "recriação", "receção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "recreação" come from?
"recreação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “recreação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-C-R-E-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “refração” - see the side-by-side comparison. recreação vs refração
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list