aro
/ˈa.ɾu/
The verdict
“aro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,868) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,868
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caixilho de madeira para os vãos das portas e janelas
Corpus desk
Index PT-aro · aro · Portuguese
aro · rank #22,868 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,868
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aquarela
Nearest frequency peer: aquarela (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “aro”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- antártica
antártica
77,137 corpus weight
- anónimo
anónimo
77,136 corpus weight
- aquarela
aquarela
77,134 corpus weight
- aro
aro
77,133 corpus weight
- assar
assar
77,131 corpus weight
- assente
assente
77,130 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “aro” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #22,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “aro”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aro is neighbouring look-alikes ("As", "at", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈa.ɾu/. Frequency #22,868 among 1,900 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
aro has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "at", "av", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aro, spelled A-R-O.
Definition
- 1caixilho de madeira para os vãos das portas e janelas
- 2arco; argola; círculo; anel; anilha
- 3batida no anel da cesta quicada ou rolada para fora sem passar por dentro da circunferência que determina o ponto
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).