rex
The verdict
“rex” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,766) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,766
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cachorro
Corpus desk
Index PT-rex · rex · Portuguese
rex · rank #12,766 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,766
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH reivindicação
Nearest frequency peer: reivindicação (-3 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “rex”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- reator
reator
87,242 corpus weight
- recuperado
recuperado
87,240 corpus weight
- reinos
reinos
87,239 corpus weight
- reivindicaç…
reivindicação
87,238 corpus weight
- rex
rex
87,235 corpus weight
- secular
secular
87,228 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “rex” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | rex |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #12,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “rex”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rex is neighbouring look-alikes ("ri", "rio", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #12,766 among 963 “R” headwords. Gloss: "cachorro".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rex, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ri", "rio", "rua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rex, spelled R-E-X.
Definition
- 1cachorro
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ENCANTAMENTO
Dicionário de Vocábulos Femininos, Aumentativos, Diminutivos, ou Não, com Outros Significados Registrados nas literaturas brasileira e portuguesa, em letras da MPB e nas Histórias em Quadrinhos
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).