Which to use
“recuar” is a verb and “régua” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,530
- “recuar” frequency rank
- #18,702
- “régua” frequency rank
- 30232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recuar | régua |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | andar ou mover-se para trás | instrumento de madeira, plástico ou qualquer outro material sólido com as faces planas e as arestas apropriadas para servirem de guia para se traçar linhas retas |
Where the eye mixes recuar and régua
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. recuar runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against régua's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recuar and régua
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recuar is /Rɨ.ˈkwaɾ/ while régua is /ˈχɛ.gwə/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recuar is recorded at frequency rank #11,530, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈkwaɾ/. régua is at rank #18,702, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈχɛ.gwə/.
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 30232, this pair ranks #38,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recuar vs régua
Shared letters: aru. Private to "recuar": ce. Private to "régua": gé.
"recuar" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "régua" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recuar ← ercuar · rceuar · recaur · reccuar · recuarr · recura · reucar · rrecuar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recuar" for "régua" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "recuar" or "régua" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recuar" and "régua" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recuar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recuar" and "régua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs recuar". 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 #38,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.