Rak
/rak/
The verdict
“Rak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,240 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,240
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caranguejo, constelação do zodíaco
Corpus desk
Index PT-rak · Rak · Portuguese
Rak · rank #83,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,240
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rebuçado
Nearest frequency peer: rebuçado (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Rak”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- propagandis…
propagandista
16,782 corpus weight
- queso
queso
16,772 corpus weight
- Rak
Rak
16,761 corpus weight
- rebuçado
rebuçado
16,757 corpus weight
- regozijar
regozijar
16,746 corpus weight
- republicani…
republicanismo
16,734 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Rak” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rak |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /rak/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Rak” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Rak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,240 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /rak/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caranguejo, constelação do zodíaco".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rak in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Rak, spelled R-A-K.
Definition
- 1Caranguejo, constelação do zodíaco
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 "Rak"?
What does "Rak" mean?
How do you pronounce "Rak"?
What language does "Rak" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rak", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).