robin

//ˈɹɒ.bɪn// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,703

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

robin is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pisco-de-peito-ruivo Pronounced /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/. It ranks #6,703 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rubi and robot.

Key facts for robin
PropertyValue
Headwordrobin
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɹɒ.bɪn/
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,703
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of robin in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for robin is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,703 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pisco-de-peito-ruivo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for robin, with forms such as "orbin", "rboin", and "robbin". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rubi", "robot", "rotina", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is robin, spelled R-O-B-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pisco-de-peito-ruivo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orbin,rboin,robbin,robinn,robni,roibn,rrobin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for robin

Misspelling Variants of "robin"

orbin5rboin5robbin6robinn6robni5roibn5rrobin6
Misspelling Variants of "robin"

Frequency rank: #6,703 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robin"?
"robin" is spelled R-O-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/.
What does "robin" mean?
As a noun, "robin" means: pisco-de-peito-ruivo
What words are commonly confused with "robin"?
"robin" is commonly confused with "rubi", "robot", "rotina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "robin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robin" is /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robin" come from?
"robin" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.