reach

//ɹiːt͡ʃ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,744

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

reach is aPortuguesenoun. It means: alcance Pronounced /ɹiːt͡ʃ/. Often confused with real and read.

Key facts for reach
PropertyValue
Headwordreach
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɹiːt͡ʃ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,744
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for reach is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹiːt͡ʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,744 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "alcance".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for reach, with forms such as "erach", "raech", and "reacch". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "real", "read", "reich", 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 reach, spelled R-E-A-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    alcance

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erach,raech,reacch,reachh,reahc,recah,rreach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reach

Misspelling Variants of "reach"

erach5raech5reacch6reachh6reahc5recah5rreach6
Misspelling Variants of "reach"

Frequency rank: #28,744 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reach"?
"reach" is spelled R-E-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹiːt͡ʃ/.
What does "reach" mean?
As a noun, "reach" means: alcance
What words are commonly confused with "reach"?
"reach" is commonly confused with "real", "read", "reich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reach" is /ɹiːt͡ʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reach" come from?
"reach" 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.