riba

adv

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The verdict

“riba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,382 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,382
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-riba · riba · Portuguese

riba · rank #59,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,382
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH ribanceira

Nearest frequency peer: ribanceira (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “riba”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for riba
PropertyValue
Headwordriba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “riba” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ribanceira” (#59,383), “responsa” (#59,378), “rebolado” (#59,368). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “riba” fica em #59,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

riba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,382 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cima".

No generated misspelling entries exist for riba in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is riba, spelled R-I-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    cima

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how riba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bota essa caixa ali por riba.

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 "riba"?
"riba" is spelled R-I-B-A.
What does "riba" mean?
As an adverb, "riba" means: cima
What language does "riba" come from?
"riba" 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 "riba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opto#59,308xepa#59,493filó#59,749iglu#59,791

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list