rasgo
/ˈRaʒ.ɡu/
The verdict
“rasgo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,752
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seccionamento parcial ou total da superfície de um corpo ou objeto; interrupção abrupta na continuidade daquela superfície
Corpus desk
Index PT-rasgo · rasgo · Portuguese
rasgo · rank #35,752 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,752
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rapina
Nearest frequency peer: rapina (-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 “rasgo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- proveitoso
proveitoso
64,259 corpus weight
- provençal
provençal
64,257 corpus weight
- punhal
punhal
64,255 corpus weight
- rapina
rapina
64,250 corpus weight
- rasgo
rasgo
64,249 corpus weight
- refletido
refletido
64,246 corpus weight
What this shows “rasgo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | rasgo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRaʒ.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “rasgo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around rasgo (IPA /ˈRaʒ.ɡu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,752 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rasgo, with forms such as "arsgo", "ragso", and "rasggo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rato", "riso", "rego", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rasgo, spelled R-A-S-G-O.
Definition
- 1seccionamento parcial ou total da superfície de um corpo ou objeto; interrupção abrupta na continuidade daquela superfície
- 2laceração; ferimento resultante de um corte ou outra forma de bipartição de uma superfície
- 3ação exemplar ou argumentação persuasiva, convincente ou intimidadora
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rasgo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Alguns modelos de calça jeans possuem um rasgo na altura do joelho."
"O rasgo atravessou a folha de papel de ponta a ponta, assim dividindo-a em duas metades."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arsgo
- ragso
- rasggo
- rasog
- rassgo
- rrasgo
- rsago
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rasgo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).