riacho
/ˈRja.ʃu/
The verdict
“riacho” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,198
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno rio
Corpus desk
Index PT-riacho · riacho · Portuguese
riacho · rank #15,198 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,198
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH retribuir
Nearest frequency peer: retribuir (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “riacho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- retribuir
retribuir
84,804 corpus weight
- riacho
riacho
84,803 corpus weight
- rue
rue
84,801 corpus weight
- running
running
84,800 corpus weight
- sarcasmo
sarcasmo
84,798 corpus weight
- shake
shake
84,795 corpus weight
What this shows “riacho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | riacho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRja.ʃu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “riacho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around riacho (IPA /ˈRja.ʃu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,198 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for riacho, with forms such as "iracho", "raicho", and "riaccho". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rico", "risco", "ração", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is riacho, spelled R-I-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1pequeno rio
- 2ribeiro
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iracho
- raicho
- riaccho
- riachho
- riacoh
- riahco
- ricaho
- rriacho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riacho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "riacho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).