Which to use
“recanto” and “recinto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,455
- “recanto” frequency rank
- #14,014
- “recinto” frequency rank
- 39469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recanto | recinto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canto oculto | área murada, por exemplo em volta de uma fábrica ou escola |
Letter map: recanto vs recinto
Shared letters muted; letters that set recanto and recinto apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. recanto and recinto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - recanto / recinto
recanto and recinto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “recanto” becomes i in “recinto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recanto is recorded at frequency rank #25,455, classified as anoun. recinto is at rank #14,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈsĩ.tu/.
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 39469, this pair ranks #26,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recanto vs recinto
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "recanto": a. Private to "recinto": i.
"recanto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "recinto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recanto" and "recinto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recanto" vs "recinto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "recanto" and "recinto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "recanto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recinto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recanto" and "recinto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recanto vs relento". 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 #26,766 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.