recrutar

/Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/

//Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“recrutar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,374
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alistar para o serviço militar

Corpus desk

Index PT-recrutar · recrutar · Portuguese

recrutar · rank #17,374 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,374
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH rally

Nearest frequency peer: rally (-2 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 “recrutar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “recrutar” 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).

recrutar vs recuar
75% similar
recrutar vs recusar
75% similar
recrutar vs refutar
75% similar

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

Key facts for recrutar
PropertyValue
Headwordrecrutar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,374
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recrutar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.recrutarcai 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 “rally” (#17,372), “Richter” (#17,379), “primitivo” (#17,367). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recrutar” fica em #17,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around recrutar (IPA /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,374 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "alistar para o serviço militar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for recrutar, with forms such as "ercrutar", "rcerutar", and "reccrutar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "recuar", "recusar", "refutar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is recrutar, spelled R-E-C-R-U-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    alistar para o serviço militar

This word in other languages

recruit(English)recruter(Français)rekrutieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercrutar
  • rcerutar
  • reccrutar
  • recrrutar
  • recrtuar
  • recruatr
  • recrutarr
  • recrutra
  • recruttar
  • recurtar
  • rercutar
  • rrecrutar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recrutar - 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.

ercrutar2rcerutar2reccrutar1recrrutar1recrtuar2recruatr2recrutarr1recrutra2
Edit distance from "recrutar"

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 "recrutar"?
"recrutar" is spelled R-E-C-R-U-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "recrutar" mean?
As a verb, "recrutar" means: alistar para o serviço militar
What words are commonly confused with "recrutar"?
"recrutar" is commonly confused with "recuar", "recusar", "refutar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recrutar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recrutar" is /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recrutar" come from?
"recrutar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vascular#17,407agredido#17,417luminoso#17,325infernal#17,311

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

otimização12 variantsagilidade12 variantshospedar12 variantscilindro12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list