rasa

/ˈχa.zɐ/

//ˈχa.zɐ// noun

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The verdict

“rasa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,795
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos

Corpus desk

Index PT-rasa · rasa · Portuguese

rasa · rank #23,795 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,795
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH radioativo

Nearest frequency peer: radioativo (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “rasa”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “rasa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rasa vs rua
50% similar
rasa vs ros
50% similar
rasa vs Rat
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rasa
PropertyValue
Headwordrasa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈχa.zɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,795
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rasa”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “radioativo” (#23,794), “ratificação” (#23,796), “racha” (#23,792). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rasa” fica em #23,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around rasa (IPA /ˈχa.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,795 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos
  2. 2
    antiga unidade de medida de volume para secos, equivalente a um alqueire (aproximadamente treze litros)
  3. 3
    rolo que serve para rasar o alqueire
  4. 4
    página de processos ou autos, sujeita a uma quantidade mínima e a uma máxima de letras por linha, de acordo com uma tabela oficial

Synonyms

rasoura

This word in other languages

arrasador(Español)

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.

arsa2raas2rassa1rrasa1rsaa2
Edit distance from "rasa"

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 "rasa"?
"rasa" is spelled R-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈχa.zɐ/.
What does "rasa" mean?
As a noun, "rasa" means: instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos
What words are commonly confused with "rasa"?
"rasa" is commonly confused with "rua", "ros", "Rat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rasa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rasa" is /ˈχa.zɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rasa" come from?
"rasa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mono#23,739hear#23,683hawk#23,682bien#23,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

cite5 variantsdoca5 variantscareta5 variantsaceso5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list