rego
/ˈRe.ɡu/
The verdict
“rego” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,864
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sulco que abre o arado
Corpus desk
Index PT-rego · rego · Portuguese
rego · rank #21,864 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,864
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH recesso
Nearest frequency peer: recesso (-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 “rego”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- quatrocentos
quatrocentos
78,146 corpus weight
- racionalida…
racionalidade
78,144 corpus weight
- recesso
recesso
78,140 corpus weight
- rego
rego
78,137 corpus weight
- repor
repor
78,134 corpus weight
- rugby
rugby
78,129 corpus weight
What this shows “rego” 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 | rego |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRe.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “rego”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rego (IPA /ˈRe.ɡu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,864 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rego, with forms such as "ergo", "reggo", and "reog". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "rei", "rey", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is rego, spelled R-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1sulco que abre o arado
- 2vala por onde passa água
- 3valeta
- 4ruga na pele
- 5espaço livre similar a vão vertical compreendido entre as nádegas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergo
- reggo
- reog
- rgeo
- rrego
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rego - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rego", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).