Which to use
“recibo” and “recife” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,829
- “recibo” frequency rank
- #2,907
- “recife” frequency rank
- 22736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recibo | recife |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | declaração escrita de se ter recebido algo; quitação | formação rochosa encontrada no oceano, formada por fragmentos de animais marinhos |
Where the eye mixes recibo and recife
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recibo and recife follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recibo and recife
A purely visual mix-up. recibo (/Rɨ.ˈsi.bu/) and recife (/xe.ˈsi.fi/) 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 22736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recibo is recorded at frequency rank #19,829, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈsi.bu/. recife is at rank #2,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced /xe.ˈsi.fi/.
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 22736, this pair ranks #47,240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recibo vs recife
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "recibo": bo. Private to "recife": f.
"recibo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "recife" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recibo" and "recife" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recibo" or "recife"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recibo" and "recife" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recibo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recife" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recibo" and "recife" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rácio vs recibo". 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 #47,240 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.