Which to use
“recuperação” is a noun and “recuperado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,721
- “recuperação” frequency rank
- #12,761
- “recuperado” frequency rank
- 16482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recuperação | recuperado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de recuperar | que se recuperou |
Letter map: recuperação vs recuperado
Shared letters muted; letters that set recuperação and recuperado apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. recuperação runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVV) against recuperado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: recuperação vs recuperado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recuperação is anoun and recuperadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recuperação is recorded at frequency rank #3,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. recuperado is at rank #12,761, tagged as anadj.
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 16482, this pair ranks #55,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recuperação vs recuperado
Shared letters: aceopru. Private to "recuperação": ãç. Private to "recuperado": d.
"recuperação" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVV · "recuperado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recuperado ← ercuperado · rceuperado · reccuperado · recpuerado · recueprado · recupeardo · recuperaddo · recuperaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recuperação" for "recuperado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recuperação" vs "recuperado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "recuperação" vs "recuperado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "recuperação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recuperado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recuperação" and "recuperado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperação vs remuneração". 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 #55,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.