Rafael
/rəfə'ɛɫ/
The verdict
“Rafael” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,115
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rafael
Corpus desk
Index PT-rafael · Rafael · Portuguese
Rafael · rank #2,115 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,115
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH retorno
Nearest frequency peer: retorno (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Rafael”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- produzir
produzir
97,889 corpus weight
- província
província
97,888 corpus weight
- Rafael
Rafael
97,886 corpus weight
- retorno
retorno
97,885 corpus weight
- Rodrigo
Rodrigo
97,884 corpus weight
- seres
seres
97,882 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Rafael” 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 | Rafael |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /rəfə'ɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “Rafael” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Rafael (IPA /rəfə'ɛɫ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,115 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rafael".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rafael, with forms such as "arfael", "raafel", and "rafaell". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ramal", "Raphael", "Rafaela", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Rafael, spelled R-A-F-A-E-L.
Definition
- 1Rafael
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arfael
- raafel
- rafaell
- rafale
- rafeal
- raffael
- rfaael
- rrafael
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rafael - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rafael", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Rafael". Here's where to go from here.
- "Rafael" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ramal". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,115 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.