rifa
/ˈRi.fɐ/
The verdict
“rifa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,000
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de adjudicar ou distribuir algo entre vários por métodos aleatórios
Corpus desk
Index PT-rifa · rifa · Portuguese
rifa · rank #38,000 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,000
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH retrógrado
Nearest frequency peer: retrógrado (-2 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 “rifa”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- rango
rango
62,014 corpus weight
- ravi
ravi
62,012 corpus weight
- retrógrado
retrógrado
62,003 corpus weight
- rifa
rifa
62,001 corpus weight
- roupeiro
roupeiro
61,994 corpus weight
- saldar
saldar
61,990 corpus weight
What this shows “rifa” 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 | rifa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRi.fɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “rifa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rifa (IPA /ˈRi.fɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,000 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rifa, with forms such as "irfa", "rfia", and "riaf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "rua", "rim", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rifa, spelled R-I-F-A.
Definition
- 1ação de adjudicar ou distribuir algo entre vários por métodos aleatórios
- 2bilhete que serve como justificante de participação na adjudicação aleatória
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irfa
- rfia
- riaf
- riffa
- rrifa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rifa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "rifa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).