rival

/Ri.ˈvaɫ/

//Ri.ˈvaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“rival” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,998
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-rival · rival · Portuguese

rival · rank #5,998 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,998
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH ritual

Nearest frequency peer: ritual (-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 “rival”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “rival” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rival vs rixa
60% similar
rival vs rural
60% similar
rival vs ruiva
60% similar

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

Key facts for rival
PropertyValue
Headwordrival
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/Ri.ˈvaɫ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,998
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rival”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.rivalcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ritual” (#5,997), “resolvido” (#5,996), “school” (#6,000). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rival” fica em #5,998. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rival (IPA /Ri.ˈvaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,998 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rival, with forms such as "irval", "riavl", and "rivall". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "rixa", "rural", "ruiva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is rival, spelled R-I-V-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que rivaliza
  2. 2
    que aspira às mesmas vantagens que outrem
  3. 3
    que equivale em merecimento que outrem
  4. 4
    competidor
  5. 5
    sujeito que possui, juntamente com outro, a posse das águas de um rio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irval
  • riavl
  • rivall
  • rivla
  • rivval
  • rrival
  • rvial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rival - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

irval2riavl2rivall1rivla2rivval1rrival1rvial2
Edit distance from "rival"

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 "rival"?
"rival" is spelled R-I-V-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /Ri.ˈvaɫ/.
What does "rival" mean?
As an adjective, "rival" means: que rivaliza
What words are commonly confused with "rival"?
"rival" is commonly confused with "rixa", "rural", "ruiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rival"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rival" is /Ri.ˈvaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rival" come from?
"rival" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pátio#5,990trono#6,009pires#5,985Lewis#5,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ironia7 variantscreme7 variantsdigno7 variantscurva7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list