racional
/Rɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“racional” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,808
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a ou dotado de razão
Corpus desk
Index PT-racional · racional · Portuguese
racional · rank #8,808 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,808
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH queimado
Nearest frequency peer: queimado (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “racional”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- proveniente
proveniente
91,196 corpus weight
- queimado
queimado
91,194 corpus weight
- racional
racional
91,193 corpus weight
- resultante
resultante
91,191 corpus weight
- reza
reza
91,190 corpus weight
- rolar
rolar
91,189 corpus weight
What this shows “racional” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | racional |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Rɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “racional”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around racional (IPA /Rɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,808 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for racional, with forms such as "arcional", "raccional", and "racinoal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "regional", "racial", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is racional, spelled R-A-C-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo a ou dotado de razão
- 2diz-se de quem toma atitudes razoáveis, baseadas na razão, de quem raciocina
- 3razoável, algo que pode ser deduzido usando-se a razão
- 4diz-se de algo que pode ser expresso pela razão entre dois inteiros
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how racional appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os elementos básicos de um pacote de recuperação incluem, primeiro e principalmente, um método racional para reiniciar o sistema financeiro.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arcional
- raccional
- racinoal
- racioanl
- racionall
- racionla
- racionnal
- racoinal
- raiconal
- rcaional
- rracional
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of racional - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).