role
/ˈxɔ.lɪ/
The verdict
“role” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,958 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,958
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo rolar
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 | role |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈxɔ.lɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “role” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for role is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈxɔ.lɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,958 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for role, with forms such as "orle", "rloe", and "roel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rue", "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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is role, spelled R-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo rolar
- 2terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo rolar
- 3terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo rolar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orle,rloe,roel,rolle,rrole
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of role - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “role”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈxɔ.lɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rue” - see the side-by-side comparison. role vs rue
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.