r
Portuguese, letter
r is spelled R (one letter) and appears 224 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). R is a Portuguese masculine letter meaning “The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, R is a different word: “The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the…”. On this page, R. is a different word: “abbreviation of rua (“street”) (used in street names)”.
What does r mean in English?
letter
- 1
masculineThe eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
masculineThe eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of rua (“street”) (used in street names).
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. décima oitava letra do alfabeto português, sucede ao q e precede o s
noun: 1. décima oitava letra do alfabeto português, precedida por Q e seguida por S
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of r
- R uppercase
- r lowercase
- R r canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is r in Portuguese?
r appears 224 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).