rã

Name: rã, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈχã/

//ˈχã// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“rã” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #28,019) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#28,019
frequency rank, Portuguese: 963
“R” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anfíbio da ordem dos anuros que possui pele lisa; geralmente, da família dos ranídeos

Corpus desk

Index PT-ra · rã · Portuguese

rã · rank #28,019 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,019
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 963
PHOTO-FINISH ronco

Nearest frequency peer: ronco (-2 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.

ronco

71,984
rã

71,982
safira

71,979
Sagitário

71,978
sale

71,977
sama

71,976

What this shows As barras situam “rã” 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).

rã vs ri

50% similar

rã vs ré

50% similar

rã vs rio

33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rã
Property	Value
Headword	rã
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈχã/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#28,019
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “rã”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).rãcai aqui:

#28,019

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ronco” (#28,017), “safira” (#28,022), “Sagitário” (#28,023). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rã” fica em #28,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for rã is neighbouring look-alikes ("ri", "ré", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈχã/. Frequency #28,019 among 963 “R” headwords. Gloss: "anfíbio da ordem dos anuros que possui pele lisa; geralmente, da família dos ranídeos".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rã, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ri", "ré", "rio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is rã, spelled R-Ã.

Definition

1
anfíbio da ordem dos anuros que possui pele lisa; geralmente, da família dos ranídeos

This word in other languages

frog(English)rana(Español)grenouille(Français)Frosch(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rã"?

"rã" is spelled R-Ã. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈχã/.

What does "rã" mean?

As a noun, "rã" means: anfíbio da ordem dos anuros que possui pele lisa; geralmente, da família dos ranídeos

What words are commonly confused with "rã"?

"rã" is commonly confused with "ri", "ré", "rio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "rã"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rã" is /ˈχã/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "rã" come from?

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