# recuar vs restar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### recuar
*verb · IPA /Rɨ.ˈkwaɾ/ · frequency rank #11,530*
andar ou mover-se para trás

### restar
*verb · IPA /Rɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #29,128*
sobrar

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