rodapé
/Rɔ.dɐ.ˈpɛ/
The verdict
“rodapé” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,431
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de cortina que pende das bordas de uma cama ou de uma marquesa até o pavimento
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 | rodapé |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɔ.dɐ.ˈpɛ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rodapé” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around rodapé (IPA /Rɔ.dɐ.ˈpɛ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,431 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rodapé, with forms such as "ordapé", "rdoapé", and "roadpé". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rodar", "roda", "rodado", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rodapé, spelled R-O-D-A-P-É.
Definition
- 1espécie de cortina que pende das bordas de uma cama ou de uma marquesa até o pavimento
- 2faixa de madeira, pregada ao fundo das paredes, nas salas e outros compartimentos, para que os pés das cadeiras não prejudiquem o forro ou estuque das paredes
- 3faixa de madeira estendida na parte infero-interior das grades de uma janela de sacada
- 4o mesmo que nota de rodapé
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ordapé
- rdoapé
- roadpé
- rodappé
- rodaép
- roddapé
- rodpaé
- rrodapé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rodapé - 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.
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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Using “rodapé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-D-A-P-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Rɔ.dɐ.ˈpɛ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rodar” - see the side-by-side comparison. rodapé vs rodar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.