Which to use
“receita” is a noun and “recente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,283
- “receita” frequency rank
- #2,068
- “recente” frequency rank
- 5351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | receita | recente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fórmula para a preparação de produtos culinários ou industriais; prescrição | que sucedeu ou existe há pouco; moderno; que é novidade |
Where the eye mixes receita and recente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. receita (CVCVVCV) and recente (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses receita with recente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: receita is /Rɨ.ˈsɐj.tɐ/ while recente is /Rɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
receita is recorded at frequency rank #3,283, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈsɐj.tɐ/. recente is at rank #2,068, tagged as anadj, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/.
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 5351, this pair ranks #69,283 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of receita vs recente
Shared letters: cert. Private to "receita": ai. Private to "recente": n.
"receita" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "recente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "receita" for "recente" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "receita" or "recente" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "receita" and "recente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "receita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,283 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "receita" and "recente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recente 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 #69,283 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.