Which to use
“recreação” and “recriação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,566
- “recreação” frequency rank
- #35,312
- “recriação” frequency rank
- 56878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recreação | recriação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | descanso, lazer, divertimento; ato, circunstância ou momento em que o indivíduo se diverte, descansa, brinca, e se manifesta através de "matar a vontade de", ou seja, tornar-se sua vontade algo consequentemente realizado, visando melhoria ao seu bem estar e comodismo | ato ou efeito de recriar |
Letter map: recreação vs recriação
Shared letters muted; letters that set recreação and recriação apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. recreação and recriação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - recreação / recriação
recreação 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 a single letter - e in “recreação” becomes i in “recriação”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recreação is recorded at frequency rank #21,566, classified as anoun. 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 56878, this pair ranks #9,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recreação vs recriação
Shared letters: aceorãç. Private to "recreação": -. Private to "recriação": i.
"recreação" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV · "recriação" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "recreação" vs "recriação" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "recreação" 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 #9,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recreação" and "recriação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recriação vs refração". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #9,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.