recreação

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,566

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

recreação is aPortuguesenoun. It 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... Often confused with refração and recriação.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for recreação is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,566 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for recreação, with forms such as "ercreação", "rcereação", and "reccreação". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "refração", "recriação", "receção", and more, 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 recreação, spelled R-E-C-R-E-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recreação

Misspelling Variants of "recreação"

ercreação9rcereação9reccreação10receração9recraeção9recreaãço9recreaçoã9recreçaão9
Misspelling Variants of "recreação"

Frequency rank: #21,566 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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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.