recordvsresortWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: record is a noun, resort is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“record” is a noun and “resort” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,674
“record” frequency rank
#13,608
“resort” frequency rank
18282
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature record resort
Definition registro, ata, protocolo, crônica, documento recorrer

Letter map: record vs resort

Shared letters muted; letters that set record and resort apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
record
6 ch
resort

Grammar separator: record vs resort

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: record is anoun and resortaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18282, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

record is recorded at frequency rank #4,674, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈrɛ.kɚd/. resort is at rank #13,608, tagged as averb.

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 18282, this pair ranks #52,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of record vs resort

Shared letters: eor. Private to "record": cd. Private to "resort": st.

"record" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "resort" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordercord · rceord · reccord · recodr · recordd · recorrd · recrod · reocrd
  • resortersort · reosrt · resorrt · resortt · resotr · resrot · ressort · rresort

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "record" and "resort" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "record" is a noun and "resort" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "record" or "resort" show up more?
"record" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,674 in our Portuguese list, against #13,608 for "resort". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "record" and "resort". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "record" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "record" and "resort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorte vs resort". 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 #52,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list