rabo
/ˈRa.bu/
The verdict
“rabo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,103
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - extremidade do corpo oposta à cabeça, nos peixes, répteis e alguns insetos
Corpus desk
Index PT-rabo · rabo · Portuguese
rabo · rank #4,103 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,103
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,668
- PHOTO-FINISH protesto
Nearest frequency peer: protesto (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rabo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prender
prender
95,905 corpus weight
- Prestes
Prestes
95,902 corpus weight
- protesto
protesto
95,900 corpus weight
- rabo
rabo
95,898 corpus weight
- reflexão
reflexão
95,895 corpus weight
- satélite
satélite
95,891 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rabo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rabo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRa.bu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rabo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rabo (IPA /ˈRa.bu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,103 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rabo, with forms such as "arbo", "rabbo", and "raob". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "Ram", "rae", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rabo, spelled R-A-B-O.
Definition
- 1extremidade do corpo oposta à cabeça, nos peixes, répteis e alguns insetos
- 2cabo de utensílio ou ferramenta
- 3continuação da coluna vertebral em vários mamíferos
- 4nádegas, bunda, traseiro, cu
- 5homem homossexual
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arbo
- rabbo
- raob
- rbao
- rrabo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rabo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rabo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.