rae

noun

The verdict

“rae” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,254) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,254
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - granizo, gotas de chuva que chegam ao solo congeladas

Corpus desk

Index PT-rae · rae · Portuguese

rae · rank #19,254 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,254
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH puberdade

Nearest frequency peer: puberdade (-4 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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “rae”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “rae” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rae vs ri
33% similar
rae vs ré
33% similar
rae vs rio
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rae
PropertyValue
Headwordrae
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#19,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “rae”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.raecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “puberdade” (#19,250), “poético” (#19,245), “romeno” (#19,264). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rae” fica em #19,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for rae is neighbouring look-alikes ("ri", "ré", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #19,254 among 963 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rae, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ri", "ré", "rio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is rae, spelled R-A-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    granizo, gotas de chuva que chegam ao solo congeladas
  2. 2
    grão, grânulo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rae appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Rakeet tarvitsevat syntyäkseen voimakkaita ilmavirtauksia.
  2. Miksi joskus sataa rakeita?

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 "rae"?
"rae" is spelled R-A-E.
What does "rae" mean?
As a noun, "rae" means: granizo, gotas de chuva que chegam ao solo congeladas
What words are commonly confused with "rae"?
"rae" is commonly confused with "ri", "ré", "rio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "rae" come from?
"rae" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rae", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list