raspa
/ˈRaʃ.pɐ/
The verdict
“raspa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a parte que é retirada de uma superfície que se raspa; apara, lasca
Corpus desk
Index PT-raspa · raspa · Portuguese
raspa · rank #36,189 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rebolar
Nearest frequency peer: rebolar (+3 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 “raspa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- púlpito
púlpito
63,820 corpus weight
- racionalizar
racionalizar
63,817 corpus weight
- raspa
raspa
63,812 corpus weight
- rebolar
rebolar
63,809 corpus weight
- recitar
recitar
63,808 corpus weight
- redemoinho
redemoinho
63,805 corpus weight
What this shows “raspa” 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 | raspa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRaʃ.pɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “raspa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around raspa (IPA /ˈRaʃ.pɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,189 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for raspa, with forms such as "arspa", "rapsa", and "rasap". 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, "rosa", "rata", "roupa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is raspa, spelled R-A-S-P-A.
Definition
- 1a parte que é retirada de uma superfície que se raspa; apara, lasca
- 2lavoura agrícola na que são limpados, raspados os troncos das oliveiras, de líquenes, pequenos galhos
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arspa
- rapsa
- rasap
- rasppa
- rasspa
- rraspa
- rsapa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raspa - 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).