rochoso

/Ru.ˈʃo.zu/

//Ru.ˈʃo.zu// adj

The verdict

“rochoso” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,040
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em que há rochas; formado de rochas

Corpus desk

Index PT-rochoso · rochoso · Portuguese

rochoso · rank #46,040 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,040
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH reumatismo

Nearest frequency peer: reumatismo (-5 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 “rochoso”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “rochoso” 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).

rochoso vs rochedo
71% similar
rochoso vs receoso
71% similar

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

Key facts for rochoso
PropertyValue
Headwordrochoso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/Ru.ˈʃo.zu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,040
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rochoso”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “reumatismo” (#46,035), “rust” (#46,045), “resiliente” (#46,033). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rochoso” fica em #46,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rochoso (IPA /Ru.ˈʃo.zu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,040 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "em que há rochas; formado de rochas".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rochoso, with forms such as "orchoso", "rcohoso", and "rocchoso". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "rochedo", "receoso", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct Portuguese form is rochoso, spelled R-O-C-H-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    em que há rochas; formado de rochas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Estranhamente, ela mostrou uma pedra brilhante branca, do tamanho de um pãozinho, onde somente solo rochoso aparecia na foto tirada duas semanas antes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orchoso
  • rcohoso
  • rocchoso
  • rochhoso
  • rochoos
  • rochosso
  • rochsoo
  • rocohso
  • rohcoso
  • rrochoso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rochoso - 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.

orchoso2rcohoso2rocchoso1rochhoso1rochoos2rochosso1rochsoo2rocohso2
Edit distance from "rochoso"

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 "rochoso"?
"rochoso" is spelled R-O-C-H-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /Ru.ˈʃo.zu/.
What does "rochoso" mean?
As an adjective, "rochoso" means: em que há rochas; formado de rochas
What words are commonly confused with "rochoso"?
"rochoso" is commonly confused with "rochedo", "receoso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rochoso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rochoso" is /Ru.ˈʃo.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rochoso" come from?
"rochoso" 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 "rochoso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list