red

/red/

//red// adj

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The verdict

“red” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,284) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,284
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vermelho, encarnado

Corpus desk

Index PT-red · red · Portuguese

red · rank #3,284 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,284
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH receita

Nearest frequency peer: receita (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “red”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “red” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

red vs ri
33% similar
red vs rio
33% similar
red vs rua
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for red
PropertyValue
Headwordred
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/red/
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “red”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).redcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “receita” (#3,283), “regular” (#3,285), “resgate” (#3,286). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “red” fica em #3,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for red is neighbouring look-alikes ("ri", "rio", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /red/. Frequency #3,284 among 963 “R” headwords. Gloss: "vermelho, encarnado".

red doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ri", "rio", "rua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is red, spelled R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    vermelho, encarnado

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "red"?
"red" is spelled R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /red/.
What does "red" mean?
As an adjective, "red" means: vermelho, encarnado
What words are commonly confused with "red"?
"red" is commonly confused with "ri", "rio", "rua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "red"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "red" is /red/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "red" come from?
"red" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "red", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cem#3,188sal#3,168I'm#3,410DVD#3,470

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list