Which to use
“recado” and “reparo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,673
- “recado” frequency rank
- #14,698
- “reparo” frequency rank
- 19371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recado | reparo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | participação ou aviso (verbal ou escrito, enviado por uma pessoa a outra) | ato ou efeito de reparar |
Where the eye mixes recado and reparo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recado and reparo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recado with reparo
A purely visual mix-up. recado (/Rɨ.ˈka.du/) and reparo (/Rɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19371, 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/. reparo is at rank #14,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈpa.ɾu/.
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 19371, this pair ranks #51,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recado vs reparo
Shared letters: aeor. Private to "recado": cd. Private to "reparo": p.
"recado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reparo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recado" and "reparo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "recado" or "reparo" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reparo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recado" and "reparo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remar vs reparo". 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 #51,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.