rena

//ˈRe.nɐ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,157

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rena is aPortuguesenoun. It means: mamífero da família dos cervídeos (Rangifer tarandus), encontrado no Norte da Europa, Ásia e América do Norte, onde habita a tundra ártica; com galhadas presentes nos dois sexos e cascos largos e p... Pronounced /ˈRe.nɐ/. Often confused with rua and rey.

Key facts for rena
PropertyValue
Headwordrena
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRe.nɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,157
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for rena is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRe.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #33,157 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mamífero da família dos cervídeos (Rangifer tarandus), encontrado no Norte da Europa, Ásia e América do Norte, onde habita a tundra ártica; com galhadas presentes nos dois sexos e cascos largos e p...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for rena, with forms such as "erna", "rean", and "renna". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "rey", "run", 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 rena, spelled R-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero da família dos cervídeos (Rangifer tarandus), encontrado no Norte da Europa, Ásia e América do Norte, onde habita a tundra ártica; com galhadas presentes nos dois sexos e cascos largos e planos, adaptados para a locomoção na neve; caribu

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erna,rean,renna,rnea,rrena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rena

Misspelling Variants of "rena"

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Misspelling Variants of "rena"

Frequency rank: #33,157 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rena"?
"rena" is spelled R-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRe.nɐ/.
What does "rena" mean?
As a noun, "rena" means: mamífero da família dos cervídeos (Rangifer tarandus), encontrado no Norte da Europa, Ásia e América do Norte, onde habita a tundra ártica; com galhadas presentes nos dois sexos e cascos largos e p...
What words are commonly confused with "rena"?
"rena" is commonly confused with "rua", "rey", "run". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rena" is /ˈRe.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rena" come from?
"rena" 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.