Which to use
“recent” and “recente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,339
- “recent” frequency rank
- #2,068
- “recente” frequency rank
- 34407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recent | recente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | recente | que sucedeu ou existe há pouco; moderno; que é novidade |
Where the eye mixes recent and recente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: recent vs recente
A purely visual mix-up. recent (rē'sənt, IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt/, X-SAMPA:/"r\i:s@nt/) and recente (/Rɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/) 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 extra letter(s) - “recent” sits inside “recente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recent is recorded at frequency rank #32,339, classified as anadj, pronounced rē'sənt, IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt/, X-SAMPA:/"r\i:s@nt/. 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 34407, this pair ranks #32,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recent vs recente
Shared letters: cenrt. Private to "recent": -. Private to "recente": -.
"recent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "recente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recent" and "recente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recent" or "recente"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recent" and "recente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recent" 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 #32,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recent" and "recente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recent 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 #32,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.