# recruta vs recrutar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### recruta
*noun · IPA /Rɨ.ˈkɾu.tɐ/ · frequency rank #20,992*
primeiro grau militar

### recrutar
*verb · IPA /Rɨ.kɾu.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #17,374*
alistar para o serviço militar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recruta-vs-recrutar