rasante
/ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
The verdict
“rasante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,748 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,748
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquilo que rasa ou serve para rasar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rasante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rasante” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rasante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,748 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rasante in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is rasante, spelled R-A-S-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1aquilo que rasa ou serve para rasar
- 2relativo a fortificações cujos muros foram erguidos com pouca altura em relação ao terreno em torno
- 3diz-se de voo realizado próximo ao solo
This word in other languages
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 “rasante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-S-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.