ralé

noun

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The verdict

“ralé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,188 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,188
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - animal habitualmente preado por aves de rapina

Corpus desk

Index PT-rale · ralé · Portuguese

ralé · rank #61,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,188
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH Raíssa

Nearest frequency peer: Raíssa (+3 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 “ralé”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ralé” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ralé
PropertyValue
Headwordralé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,188
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ralé” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ralécai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Raíssa” (#61,191), “pulverizar” (#61,179), “protuberância” (#61,177). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “ralé” fica em #61,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ralé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,188 among 963 “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

  1. 1
    animal habitualmente preado por aves de rapina
  2. 2
    conjunto de indivíduos pertencentes à camada inferior de uma sociedade; arraia-miúda, plebe, populacho
  3. 3
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) grupo que fica de fora de alguma coisa
  4. 4
    persistência na consecução de um objetivo; disposição, energia
  5. 5
    moral forte perante o perigo, os riscos; coragem, valor
  6. 6
    sentimento de extremo rancor, animosidade; ódio, raiva
  7. 7
    conjunto de traços inerentes a um indivíduo; índole, gênio
  8. 8
    raça, espécie; natureza

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ralé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A ralé que não conseguiu convite criou o maior caso.
  2. Ter ralé para o trabalho.

Synonyms

arraiaarraia-miúdabagaceirabagagemborracachorradacanalhacholdraenxurroescoalhaescóriaescorralhasescorralhoescumaescumalhafarândolafarandolagemfezesfrasqueirogambágentaçagentalhagentamagentiagagentinhagentuçajoldralixomaltamerdalhamundiçapatuleiaplebepléviapoeirapopulaçapopulaçãopopulachopovaréupoviléupovopovoléurabacuadarafameiaraleiarelérolãosarandalhassarandalhosvulgachovulgozézé-povinhozé-povosúcia

Antonyms

alta-rodaaristocraciafidalguiagrã-finagemgrã-finismonobiliarquianobrezasoçaitesociedade

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 "ralé"?
"ralé" is spelled R-A-L-É.
What does "ralé" mean?
As a noun, "ralé" means: animal habitualmente preado por aves de rapina
What language does "ralé" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ralé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

popó#61,164tama#61,252limo#61,061asse#61,346

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list