ramo

//ˈRɐ.mu// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,433

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ramo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: divisão ou subdivisão de um caule Pronounced /ˈRɐ.mu/. It ranks #3,433 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rio and rim.

Key facts for ramo
PropertyValue
Headwordramo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRɐ.mu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,433
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ramo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ramo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRɐ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,433 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for ramo, with forms such as "armo", "rammo", and "raom". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "rim", "rum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ramo, spelled R-A-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    divisão ou subdivisão de um caule
  2. 2
    porção de flores ou de outras coisas ligadas juntamente
  3. 3
    cada família oriunda do mesmo tronco
  4. 4
    divisão do comércio ou da indústria
  5. 5
    emblema de taberna
  6. 6
    área, divisão
  7. 7
    um caminho conectando dois nós de um circuito

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: armo,rammo,raom,rmao,rramo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ramo

Misspelling Variants of "ramo"

armo4rammo5raom4rmao4rramo5
Misspelling Variants of "ramo"

Frequency rank: #3,433 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ramo"?
"ramo" is spelled R-A-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRɐ.mu/.
What does "ramo" mean?
As a noun, "ramo" means: divisão ou subdivisão de um caule
What words are commonly confused with "ramo"?
"ramo" is commonly confused with "rio", "rim", "rum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ramo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ramo" is /ˈRɐ.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ramo" come from?
"ramo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.