raça
/ˈRa.sɐ/
The verdict
“raça” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,535) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2,535
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conjunto de indivíduos que conservam, entre si, caracteres somáticos semelhantes; estas características são transmitidas por hereditariedade
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 | raça |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRa.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raça” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for raça is neighbouring look-alikes ("rua", "Ram", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈRa.sɐ/. Frequency #2,535 among 1,668 “R” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for raça, with forms such as "arça", "raaç", and "rraça". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "Ram", "rae", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is raça, spelled R-A-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1conjunto de indivíduos que conservam, entre si, caracteres somáticos semelhantes; estas características são transmitidas por hereditariedade
- 2os ascendentes e os descendentes de um povo, tribo ou família, que se originam de um tronco comum
- 3espírito de luta; determinação, empenho, coragem
- 4origem
- 5categoria
- 6geração
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arça
- raaç
- rraça
- rçaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raça - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “raça”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈRa.sɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rua” - see the side-by-side comparison. raça vs rua
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Words at a similar Portuguese frequency
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.