recuperar

/Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/

//Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“recuperar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,850
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - recobrar o perdido:

Corpus desk

Index PT-recuperar · recuperar · Portuguese

recuperar · rank #2,850 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,850
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH quão

Nearest frequency peer: quão (-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 “recuperar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “recuperar” 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).

recuperar vs recuperado
80% similar

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

Key facts for recuperar
PropertyValue
Headwordrecuperar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,850
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “recuperar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).recuperarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “quão” (#2,849), “pinto” (#2,847), “suporte” (#2,853). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “recuperar” fica em #2,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around recuperar (IPA /Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,850 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recuperar, with forms such as "ercuperar", "rceuperar", and "reccuperar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "recuperado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is recuperar, spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    recobrar o perdido:
  2. 2
    restaurar o que estava decadente; consertar
  3. 3
    reinserir na vida social, familiar e/ou no trabalho, alguém que se afastara; regenerar; reabilitar
  4. 4
    ficar de novo saudável, restabelecer-se
  5. 5
    indenizar-se
  6. 6
    reabilitar-se, regenerar-se
  7. 7
    reaver a saúde, o sangue-frio ou a calma:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how recuperar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Desmaiou; e, ao recuperar os sentidos […]"
  2. "Ele recuperou-se um pouco, muito pálido"

This word in other languages

retrieve(English)recuperar(Español)récupérer(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercuperar
  • rceuperar
  • reccuperar
  • recpuerar
  • recueprar
  • recupearr
  • recuperarr
  • recuperra
  • recuperrar
  • recupperar
  • recuprear
  • reucperar
  • rrecuperar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recuperar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercuperar2rceuperar2reccuperar1recpuerar2recueprar2recupearr2recuperarr1recuperra2
Edit distance from "recuperar"

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 "recuperar"?
"recuperar" is spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/.
What does "recuperar" mean?
As a verb, "recuperar" means: recobrar o perdido:
What words are commonly confused with "recuperar"?
"recuperar" is commonly confused with "recuperado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recuperar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recuperar" is /Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recuperar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verificar#2,857exercício#2,836depressão#2,871abordagem#2,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

destruição13 variantsproduzido13 variantsassistente13 variantscomparação13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list