república

\ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\

/\ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“república” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#776
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma de governo em que o povo é representado por governantes com mandatos de duração fixa

Corpus desk

Index PT-republica · república · Portuguese

república · rank #776 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #776
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH pesquisa

Nearest frequency peer: pesquisa (-2 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 “república”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “república” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

república vs réplica
67% similar

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

Key facts for república
PropertyValue
Headwordrepública
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\
Letters9
Frequency rank#776
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “república”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).repúblicacai 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 “pesquisa” (#774), “show” (#778), “pequena” (#773). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “república” fica em #776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around república (IPA \ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #776 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for república, with forms such as "erpública", "repbúlica", and "reppública". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "réplica", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 república, spelled R-E-P-Ú-B-L-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma de governo em que o povo é representado por governantes com mandatos de duração fixa
  2. 2
    o país assim governado
  3. 3
    conjunto de estudantes que moram em uma mesma casa administrada pelo coletivo
  4. 4
    esta casa assim habitada

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpública
  • repbúlica
  • reppública
  • repúbblica
  • repúbilca
  • repúblcia
  • repúbliac
  • repúblicca
  • repúbllica
  • repúlbica
  • reúpblica
  • rpeública
  • rrepública

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of república - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erpública2repbúlica2reppública1repúbblica1repúbilca2repúblcia2repúbliac2repúblicca1
Edit distance from "república"

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 "república"?
"república" is spelled R-E-P-Ú-B-L-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\.
What does "república" mean?
As a noun, "república" means: forma de governo em que o povo é representado por governantes com mandatos de duração fixa
What words are commonly confused with "república"?
"república" is commonly confused with "réplica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "república"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "república" is \ʀe.'pu.bli.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "república" come from?
"república" 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 "república", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list