Which to use
“recompensado” is an adjective and “recompensar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,799
- “recompensado” frequency rank
- #25,457
- “recompensar” frequency rank
- 49256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recompensado | recompensar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que recebeu recompensa | dar recompensa a |
Letter map: recompensado vs recompensar
Shared letters muted; letters that set recompensado and recompensar apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. recompensado runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCV) against recompensar's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for recompensado / recompensar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recompensado is anadjective and recompensaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recompensado is recorded at frequency rank #23,799, classified as anadj. recompensar is at rank #25,457, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.kõ.pẽ.ˈsaɾ/.
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 49256, this pair ranks #15,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recompensado vs recompensar
Shared letters: acemnoprs. Private to "recompensado": d. Private to "recompensar": -.
"recompensado" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV · "recompensar" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recompensado ← ercompensado · rceompensado · reccompensado · recmopensado · recomepnsado · recommpensado · recompenasdo · recompennsado
- recompensar ← ercompensar · rceompensar · reccompensar · recmopensar · recomepnsar · recommpensar · recompenasr · recompennsar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recompensado" for "recompensar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "recompensado" or "recompensar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "recompensado" vs "recompensar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "recompensado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recompensar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recompensado" and "recompensar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendar vs recompensar". 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 #15,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.