rola
/ˈɾo.lɐ/
The verdict
“rola” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,582) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,582
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena ave da família dos columbídeos, semelhante à pomba
Corpus desk
Index PT-rola · rola · Portuguese
rola · rank #6,582 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,582
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH seriamente
Nearest frequency peer: seriamente (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “rola”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- quadra
quadra
93,426 corpus weight
- receio
receio
93,423 corpus weight
- rola
rola
93,419 corpus weight
- seriamente
seriamente
93,418 corpus weight
- substância
substância
93,416 corpus weight
- surpreender
surpreender
93,415 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “rola” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | rola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɾo.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “rola”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for rola is neighbouring look-alikes ("rua", "Rom", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɾo.lɐ/. Frequency #6,582 among 963 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for rola, with forms such as "rloa", "rolla", and "rrola". 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, "rua", "Rom", "ros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 rola, spelled R-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1pequena ave da família dos columbídeos, semelhante à pomba
- 2pênis
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rloa
- rolla
- rrola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rola - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).