ralé
The verdict
“ralé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,188 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,188
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - animal habitualmente preado por aves de rapina
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ralé |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ralé” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ralé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,188 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
ralé doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ralé, spelled R-A-L-É.
Definition
- 1animal habitualmente preado por aves de rapina
- 2conjunto de indivíduos pertencentes à camada inferior de uma sociedade; arraia-miúda, plebe, populacho
- 3(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) grupo que fica de fora de alguma coisa
- 4persistência na consecução de um objetivo; disposição, energia
- 5moral forte perante o perigo, os riscos; coragem, valor
- 6sentimento de extremo rancor, animosidade; ódio, raiva
- 7conjunto de traços inerentes a um indivíduo; índole, gênio
- 8raça, espécie; natureza
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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 “ralé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.