reto

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,954

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

reto is anPortugueseadj. It means: que não tem curvatura, sinuosidade ou inflexão; que segue sempre a mesma direção; direito, direto Often confused with rio and rey.

Key facts for reto
PropertyValue
Headwordreto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,954
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for reto is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #10,954 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for reto, with forms such as "erto", "reot", and "retto". 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, "rio", "rey", "rex", 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 reto, spelled R-E-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não tem curvatura, sinuosidade ou inflexão; que segue sempre a mesma direção; direito, direto
  2. 2
    perpendicular ao plano horizontal
  3. 3
    diz-se do ângulo de 90°, correspondente à quarta parte da circunferência, como o formado entre uma linha horizontal e outra vertical
  4. 4
    justo, imparcial

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erto,reot,retto,rreto,rteo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reto

Misspelling Variants of "reto"

erto4reot4retto5rreto5rteo4
Misspelling Variants of "reto"

Frequency rank: #10,954 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reto"?
"reto" is spelled R-E-T-O.
What does "reto" mean?
As an adj, "reto" means: que não tem curvatura, sinuosidade ou inflexão; que segue sempre a mesma direção; direito, direto
What words are commonly confused with "reto"?
"reto" is commonly confused with "rio", "rey", "rex". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "reto" come from?
"reto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.