recortevsresortWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#29,113
“recorte” frequency rank
#13,608
“resort” frequency rank
42721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recorte resort
Definition ato ou efeito de recortar; recorrer

Letter map: recorte vs resort

Shared letters muted; letters that set recorte and resort apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. recorte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against resort's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
recorte
6 ch
resort

Role in the sentence - recorte and resort

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recorte is anoun and resortaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recorte is recorded at frequency rank #29,113, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/. 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 42721, this pair ranks #23,022 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recorte vs resort

Shared letters: eort. Private to "recorte": c. Private to "resort": s.

"recorte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "resort" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recorte ← ercorte · rceorte · reccorte · recoret · recorrte · recortte · recotre · recrote
  • resort ← ersort · reosrt · resorrt · resortt · resotr · resrot · ressort · rresort

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recorte" and "resort" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recorte" is a noun and "resort" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "recorte" or "resort"?
"resort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,608 in our Portuguese list, against #29,113 for "recorte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recorte" 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 #23,022 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recorte" and "resort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recorrer vs recorte". 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 #23,022 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