rama
/ˈRɐ.mɐ/
The verdict
“rama” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,560) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,560
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o conjunto dos ramos das plantas; ramagem, ramada
Corpus desk
Index PT-rama · rama · Portuguese
rama · rank #21,560 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,560
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH puzzle
Nearest frequency peer: puzzle (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “rama”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- protagoniza…
protagonizado
78,446 corpus weight
- puzzle
puzzle
78,444 corpus weight
- rama
rama
78,441 corpus weight
- realçar
realçar
78,438 corpus weight
- recreação
recreação
78,435 corpus weight
- reich
reich
78,432 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “rama” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rama |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRɐ.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “rama”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rama is neighbouring look-alikes ("rua", "rim", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈRɐ.mɐ/. Frequency #21,560 among 963 “R” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for rama, with forms such as "raam", "ramma", and "rmaa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "rim", "rum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rama, spelled R-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1o conjunto dos ramos das plantas; ramagem, ramada
- 2caixilho de ferro onde os tipógrafos dispõem as páginas e as preparam para impressão
- 3caruma
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- raam
- ramma
- rmaa
- rrama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rama - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).