Rafaela
The verdict
“Rafaela” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,963
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome feminino
Corpus desk
Index PT-rafaela · Rafaela · Portuguese
Rafaela · rank #18,963 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,963
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ramal
Nearest frequency peer: ramal (+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 “Rafaela”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- polémica
polémica
81,053 corpus weight
- put
put
81,040 corpus weight
- Rafaela
Rafaela
81,038 corpus weight
- ramal
ramal
81,037 corpus weight
- reabertura
reabertura
81,035 corpus weight
- semântica
semântica
81,012 corpus weight
What this shows “Rafaela” 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 | Rafaela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Rafaela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Rafaela, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,963 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rafaela, with forms such as "arfaela", "raafela", and "rafaeal". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Rafael", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Rafaela, spelled R-A-F-A-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1prenome feminino
- 2município argentino da província de Santa Fé
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rafaela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rafaela Lopes Silva
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arfaela
- raafela
- rafaeal
- rafaella
- rafalea
- rafeala
- raffaela
- rfaaela
- rrafaela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rafaela - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rafaela", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).