rhyme

/ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/

//ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm// noun

The verdict

“rhyme” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,115 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,115
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rima

Corpus desk

Index PT-rhyme · rhyme · Portuguese

rhyme · rank #79,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,115
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH reumatologia

Nearest frequency peer: reumatologia (-6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “rhyme”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rhyme” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rhyme
PropertyValue
Headwordrhyme
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “rhyme” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rhymecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “reumatologia” (#79,109), “rudeza” (#79,124), “quinzenalmente” (#79,081). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rhyme” fica em #79,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rhyme is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,115 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

rhyme has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is rhyme, spelled R-H-Y-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    rima
  2. 2
    verso, poesia

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 "rhyme"?
"rhyme" is spelled R-H-Y-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/.
What does "rhyme" mean?
As a noun, "rhyme" means: rima
How do you pronounce "rhyme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rhyme" is /ɹaɪm/, SAMPA: /raIm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rhyme" come from?
"rhyme" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rhyme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list