rábano

noun

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The verdict

“rábano” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,396 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,396
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,668
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - planta da família das brassicáceas, cultivada por sua raiz com sabor picante, usada na culinária e na medicina popular

Key facts for rábano
PropertyValue
Headwordrábano
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rábano” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rábano lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rábano is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,396 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for rábano in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is rábano, spelled R-Á-B-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta da família das brassicáceas, cultivada por sua raiz com sabor picante, usada na culinária e na medicina popular
  2. 2
    raiz comestível dessa planta, geralmente de cor branca ou vermelha, com gosto forte e ardente

Synonyms

rabaneteraiz-fortewasabi

Antonyms

cenourainhamemandioca

This word in other languages

horseradish(English)

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 "rábano"?
"rábano" is spelled R-Á-B-A-N-O.
What does "rábano" mean?
As a noun, "rábano" means: planta da família das brassicáceas, cultivada por sua raiz com sabor picante, usada na culinária e na medicina popular
What language does "rábano" come from?
"rábano" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “rábano”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-Á-B-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list