raba

noun

The verdict

“raba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,845 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,845
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos

Corpus desk

Index PT-raba · raba · Portuguese

raba · rank #75,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,845
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH remarkable

Nearest frequency peer: remarkable (+19 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “raba”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “raba” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for raba
PropertyValue
Headwordraba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “raba” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rabacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “remarkable” (#75,864), “poeticamente” (#75,805), “roldana” (#75,891). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “raba” fica em #75,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

raba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,845 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos".

No misspelling variants are generated for raba in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is raba, spelled R-A-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how raba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Pô, a Juliana tem uma 'raba' desse tamanho", emenda, comparando seu bumbum ao de Juliana Paes, que interpretou a personagem na Globo, em série de 2012.
  2. Achei que minha raba tá tão bem na foto que botei pro jogo

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 "raba"?
"raba" is spelled R-A-B-A.
What does "raba" mean?
As a noun, "raba" means: parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos
What language does "raba" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list