Which to use
“recruta” is a noun and “recrutar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,992
- “recruta” frequency rank
- #17,374
- “recrutar” frequency rank
- 38366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recruta | recrutar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeiro grau militar | alistar para o serviço militar |
Where the eye mixes recruta and recrutar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recruta runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against recrutar's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recruta with recrutar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recruta is /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/ while recrutar is /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recruta” sits inside “recrutar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recruta is recorded at frequency rank #20,992, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/. recrutar is at rank #17,374, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/.
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 38366, this pair ranks #28,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recruta vs recrutar
Shared letters: acertu. Private to "recruta": -. Private to "recrutar": -.
"recruta" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "recrutar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recruta" for "recrutar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "recruta" or "recrutar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recruta" and "recrutar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recruta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recruta" and "recrutar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recitar vs recrutar". 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 #28,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.