recruta

/Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/

//Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ// noun

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The verdict

“recruta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,992
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeiro grau militar

Corpus desk

Index PT-recruta · recruta · Portuguese

recruta · rank #20,992 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,992
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH recordação

Nearest frequency peer: recordação (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “recruta”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “recruta” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

recruta vs recrutar
88% similar
recruta vs receita
71% similar

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

Key facts for recruta
PropertyValue
Headwordrecruta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,992
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recruta”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.recrutacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “recordação” (#20,991), “prosperar” (#20,989), “relíquia” (#20,996). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recruta” fica em #20,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around recruta (IPA /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,992 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for recruta, with forms such as "ercruta", "rceruta", and "reccruta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "recrutar", "receita", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is recruta, spelled R-E-C-R-U-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeiro grau militar
  2. 2
    pessoa inexperiente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercruta
  • rceruta
  • reccruta
  • recrruta
  • recrtua
  • recruat
  • recrutta
  • recurta
  • rercuta
  • rrecruta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recruta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ercruta2rceruta2reccruta1recrruta1recrtua2recruat2recrutta1recurta2
Edit distance from "recruta"

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 "recruta"?
"recruta" is spelled R-E-C-R-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/.
What does "recruta" mean?
As a noun, "recruta" means: primeiro grau militar
What words are commonly confused with "recruta"?
"recruta" is commonly confused with "recrutar", "receita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recruta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recruta" is /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recruta" come from?
"recruta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "recruta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

residir#21,005patrono#20,969umbanda#21,035utilize#21,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

relíquia10 variantsmoldura10 variantsvírgula10 variantslaboral10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list