rafale
\ʁa.fal\
The verdict
“rafale” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #59,362 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #59,362
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rajada de vento, chuva ou neve repentina
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rafale |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.fal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rafale” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rafale is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.fal\. Corpus data places it at rank #59,362 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "rajada de vento, chuva ou neve repentina".
Zero misspellings are on record for rafale in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 rafale, spelled R-A-F-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1rajada de vento, chuva ou neve repentina
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 “rafale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-F-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.fal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.