rena
/ˈRe.nɐ/
The verdict
“rena” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #33,157 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,157
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
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 | rena |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRe.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rena” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rena is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rena, with forms such as "erna", "rean", and "renna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is rena, spelled R-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1mamífero 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
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erna,rean,renna,rnea,rrena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rena - 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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Using “rena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈRe.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rua” - see the side-by-side comparison. rena vs rua
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.