recursivo
/xe.kuɾ.ˈsi.vʊ/
The verdict
“recursivo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do processo que, para atingir um objetivo, realiza-se várias vezes, e a cada vez fornece um resultado parcial que alimentará o turno seguinte do processo
Corpus desk
Index PT-recursivo · recursivo · Portuguese
recursivo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recursivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /xe.kuɾ.ˈsi.vʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “recursivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
recursivo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /xe.kuɾ.ˈsi.vʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
recursivo has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 recursivo, spelled R-E-C-U-R-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do processo que, para atingir um objetivo, realiza-se várias vezes, e a cada vez fornece um resultado parcial que alimentará o turno seguinte do processo
- 2diz-se da expressão na qual cada termo é calculado aplicando-se uma fórmula aos termos anteriores
- 3que chama a si mesmo (programa ou função)
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.