Which to use
“recado” and “reinado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,673
- “recado” frequency rank
- #10,950
- “reinado” frequency rank
- 15623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recado | reinado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra) | tempo que dura o governo de um rei |
Where the eye mixes recado and reinado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reinado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recado and reinado
A purely visual mix-up. recado (/Rɨ.ˈka.du/) and reinado (/Rɐj.ˈna.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 15623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recado is recorded at frequency rank #4,673, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈka.du/. reinado is at rank #10,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɐj.ˈna.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 15623, this pair ranks #56,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recado vs reinado
Shared letters: adeor. Private to "recado": c. Private to "reinado": in.
"recado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reinado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recado" and "reinado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recado" or "reinado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recado" and "reinado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reinado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recado" and "reinado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recado vs recair". 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 #56,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.