rabo

//ˈRa.bu// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,103

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rabo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: extremidade do corpo oposta à cabeça, nos peixes, répteis e alguns insetos Pronounced /ˈRa.bu/. It ranks #4,103 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rio and Ram.

Key facts for rabo
PropertyValue
Headwordrabo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRa.bu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,103
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rabo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for rabo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRa.bu/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,103 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for rabo, with forms such as "arbo", "rabbo", and "raob". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "Ram", "rae", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is rabo, spelled R-A-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    extremidade do corpo oposta à cabeça, nos peixes, répteis e alguns insetos
  2. 2
    cabo de utensílio ou ferramenta
  3. 3
    continuação da coluna vertebral em vários mamíferos
  4. 4
    nádegas, bunda, traseiro, cu
  5. 5
    homem homossexual

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arbo,rabbo,raob,rbao,rrabo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rabo

Misspelling Variants of "rabo"

arbo4rabbo5raob4rbao4rrabo5
Misspelling Variants of "rabo"

Frequency rank: #4,103 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rabo"?
"rabo" is spelled R-A-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRa.bu/.
What does "rabo" mean?
As a noun, "rabo" means: extremidade do corpo oposta à cabeça, nos peixes, répteis e alguns insetos
What words are commonly confused with "rabo"?
"rabo" is commonly confused with "rio", "Ram", "rae". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabo" is /ˈRa.bu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabo" come from?
"rabo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.