recordaçãovsrecriaçãoTell them apart

Which to use

“recordação” and “recriação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,991
“recordação” frequency rank
#35,312
“recriação” frequency rank
56303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordação recriação
Definition ato ou efeito de recordar ato ou efeito de recriar

Letter map: recordação vs recriação

Shared letters muted; letters that set recordação and recriação apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. recordação runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against recriação's 9 (CVCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
recordação
9 ch
recriação

Spelling & dictionary notes on recordação vs recriação

recordação and recriação are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordação is recorded at frequency rank #20,991, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.kuɾ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. recriação is at rank #35,312, tagged as anoun.

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 56303, this pair ranks #10,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordação vs recriação

Shared letters: aceorãç. Private to "recordação": d. Private to "recriação": i.

"recordação" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV  ·  "recriação" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recordação" and "recriação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "recordação" vs "recriação" - which ranks higher?
"recordação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,991 in our Portuguese list, against #35,312 for "recriação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "recordação" and "recriação". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recriação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordação" and "recriação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recriação vs refração". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #10,055 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