rasa
/ˈχa.zɐ/
The verdict
“rasa” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,795 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,795
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos
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 | rasa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈχa.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rasa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rasa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈχa.zɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,795 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rasa, with forms such as "arsa", "raas", and "rassa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "ros", "Rat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 rasa, spelled R-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos
- 2antiga unidade de medida de volume para secos, equivalente a um alqueire (aproximadamente treze litros)
- 3rolo que serve para rasar o alqueire
- 4página de processos ou autos, sujeita a uma quantidade mínima e a uma máxima de letras por linha, de acordo com uma tabela oficial
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arsa,raas,rassa,rrasa,rsaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rasa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “rasa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈχa.zɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rua” - see the side-by-side comparison. rasa vs rua
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.