rasa

//ˈχa.zɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,795

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rasa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos Pronounced /ˈχa.zɐ/. Often confused with rua and ros.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for rasa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for rasa, with forms such as "arsa", "raas", and "rassa". 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, "rua", "ros", "Rat", 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 rasa, spelled R-A-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arsa,raas,rassa,rrasa,rsaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rasa

Misspelling Variants of "rasa"

arsa4raas4rassa5rrasa5rsaa4
Misspelling Variants of "rasa"

Frequency rank: #23,795 in Portuguese

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. 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.