ri
The verdict
“ri” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,570) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #7,570
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - para, contra
Corpus desk
Index PT-ri · ri · Portuguese
ri · rank #7,570 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,570
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH right
Nearest frequency peer: right (+1 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 “ri”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- quadrilha
quadrilha
92,435 corpus weight
- queen
queen
92,434 corpus weight
- racial
racial
92,433 corpus weight
- ri
ri
92,431 corpus weight
- right
right
92,430 corpus weight
- salada
salada
92,428 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ri” 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 | ri |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #7,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ri”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ri is neighbouring look-alikes ("rio", "rua", …), not just typos; it is apreposition. Frequency #7,570 among 963 “R” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for ri in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "rua", "run", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ri, spelled R-I.
Definition
- 1para, contra
- 2para cima
- 3como (usado com cho)
- 4envolvido com algo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ris a' ghaoith
chaidh iad ris an leathad
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.