Which to use
“ração” and “recado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,189
- “ração” frequency rank
- #4,673
- “recado” frequency rank
- 19862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ração | recado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez | participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra) |
Where the eye mixes ração and recado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ração runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against recado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ração with recado
A purely visual mix-up. ração (/Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and recado (/Rɨ.ˈka.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ração is recorded at frequency rank #15,189, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. recado is at rank #4,673, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈka.du/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19862, this pair ranks #50,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ração vs recado
Shared letters: aor. Private to "ração": ãç. Private to "recado": cde.
"ração" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "recado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recado ← ercado · rceado · reacdo · recaddo · recaod · reccado · recdao · rrecado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ração" and "recado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ração" vs "recado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ração" and "recado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ração" and "recado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ração vs ratio". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #50,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.