riso

Name: riso, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈRi.zu/

//ˈRi.zu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“riso” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,434
frequency rank, Portuguese: 963
“R” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de rir; demonstração clara e geralmente espontânea de alegria

Corpus desk

Index PT-riso · riso · Portuguese

riso · rank #10,434 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,434
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 963
PHOTO-FINISH referendo

Nearest frequency peer: referendo (-3 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.

propina

89,575
qualificado

89,573
referendo

89,570
riso

89,567
simulação

89,562
solitária

89,561

What this shows “riso” 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).

riso vs ros

50% similar

riso vs rosa

50% similar

riso vs rumo

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for riso
Property	Value
Headword	riso
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈRi.zu/
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#10,434
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “riso”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).risocai aqui:

#10,434

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “referendo” (#10,431), “simulação” (#10,439), “qualificado” (#10,428). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “riso” fica em #10,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around riso (IPA /ˈRi.zu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,434 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 riso, with forms such as "irso", "rios", and "risso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ros", "rosa", "rumo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is riso, spelled R-I-S-O.

Definition

1
ato ou efeito de rir; demonstração clara e geralmente espontânea de alegria
2
atitude de escárnio, de desprezo; zombaria

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

As imagens do vídeo mostram também os integrantes do coral lutando para controlar o riso.
Mas se o termo era motivo de riso e pirraça, aos poucos ele foi sendo abraçado pelos mesmos sujeitos que eram rechaçados por ele.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

laughter(English)risa(Español)rire(Français)lachen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

irso
rios
risso
rriso
rsio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "riso"

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 "riso"?

"riso" is spelled R-I-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRi.zu/.

What does "riso" mean?

As a noun, "riso" means: ato ou efeito de rir; demonstração clara e geralmente espontânea de alegria

What words are commonly confused with "riso"?

"riso" is commonly confused with "ros", "rosa", "rumo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "riso"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riso" is /ˈRi.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "riso" come from?

"riso" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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