régua
/ˈχɛ.gwə/
The verdict
“régua” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,702
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento de madeira, plástico ou qualquer outro material sólido com as faces planas e as arestas apropriadas para servirem de guia para se traçar linhas retas
Corpus desk
Index PT-regua · régua · Portuguese
régua · rank #18,702 · 6 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,702
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH remotamente
Nearest frequency peer: remotamente (-6 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 “régua”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- quimioterap…
quimioterapia
81,314 corpus weight
- recheio
recheio
81,311 corpus weight
- remotamente
remotamente
81,305 corpus weight
- régua
régua
81,299 corpus weight
- semanário
semanário
81,293 corpus weight
- skin
skin
81,285 corpus weight
What this shows “régua” 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 | régua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈχɛ.gwə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “régua”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around régua (IPA /ˈχɛ.gwə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,702 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "instrumento de madeira, plástico ou qualquer outro material sólido com as faces planas e as arestas apropriadas para servirem de guia para se traçar linhas retas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for régua, with forms such as "rgéua", "rrégua", and "régau". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "reza", "rena", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is régua, spelled R-É-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento de madeira, plástico ou qualquer outro material sólido com as faces planas e as arestas apropriadas para servirem de guia para se traçar linhas retas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how régua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O vestibulando deve levar documento de identidade, lápis preto nº 2, apontador, borracha, caneta azul ou preta e régua pequena transparente (15 a 20 cm).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rgéua
- rrégua
- régau
- réggua
- réuga
- érgua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régua - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).