ralador
/Rɐ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/
The verdict
“ralador” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,264 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,264
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - utensílio de cozinha que serve para ralar legumes e outros ingredientes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ralador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɐ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ralador” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ralador is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,264 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /Rɐ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "utensílio de cozinha que serve para ralar legumes e outros ingredientes".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ralador, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is ralador, spelled R-A-L-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1utensílio de cozinha que serve para ralar legumes e outros ingredientes
This word in other languages
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 “ralador”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-L-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɐ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.