Which to use
“recuperado” is an adjective and “recuperar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,761
- “recuperado” frequency rank
- #2,850
- “recuperar” frequency rank
- 15611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recuperado | recuperar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se recuperou | recobrar o perdido: |
Letter map: recuperado vs recuperar
Shared letters muted; letters that set recuperado and recuperar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. recuperado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against recuperar's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for recuperado / recuperar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recuperado is anadjective and recuperaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recuperado is recorded at frequency rank #12,761, classified as anadj. recuperar is at rank #2,850, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ku.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/.
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 15611, this pair ranks #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recuperado vs recuperar
Shared letters: acepru. Private to "recuperado": do. Private to "recuperar": -.
"recuperado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "recuperar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recuperado ← ercuperado · rceuperado · reccuperado · recpuerado · recueprado · recupeardo · recuperaddo · recuperaod
- recuperar ← ercuperar · rceuperar · reccuperar · recpuerar · recueprar · recupearr · recuperarr · recuperra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recuperado" for "recuperar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recuperado" vs "recuperar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "recuperado" and "recuperar".
- Full dictionary entry for "recuperado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recuperar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recuperado" and "recuperar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recuperação vs recuperado". 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 #56,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.