roll
/ɹoʊl/
The verdict
“roll” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,785) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,785
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rolagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-roll · roll · Portuguese
roll · rank #10,785 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,785
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rigor
Nearest frequency peer: rigor (-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 “roll”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- produtivida…
produtividade
89,224 corpus weight
- punir
punir
89,222 corpus weight
- rigor
rigor
89,217 corpus weight
- roll
roll
89,216 corpus weight
- sacrifícios
sacrifícios
89,213 corpus weight
- signo
signo
89,209 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “roll” 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 | roll |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹoʊl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “roll”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for roll is neighbouring look-alikes ("Rom", "ros", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɹoʊl/. Frequency #10,785 among 963 “R” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for roll, with forms such as "orll", "rlol", and "rroll". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rom", "ros", "rosa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is roll, spelled R-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1rolagem
- 2rolo
- 3cilindro
- 4pãozinho
- 5balanço (movimento de um lado para o outro)
- 6ribombo, estrondo
- 7rufo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orll
- rlol
- rroll
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of roll - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).