rolo

/ˈRo.lu/

//ˈRo.lu// noun

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The verdict

“rolo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,250
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado

Corpus desk

Index PT-rolo · rolo · Portuguese

rolo · rank #9,250 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,250
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH romper

Nearest frequency peer: romper (+3 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 “rolo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “rolo” 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).

rolo vs Rom
25% similar
rolo vs ros
50% similar
rolo vs rosa
50% similar

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

Key facts for rolo
PropertyValue
Headwordrolo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRo.lu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,250
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rolo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rolocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “romper” (#9,253), “skate” (#9,257), “relatado” (#9,241). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rolo” fica em #9,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around rolo (IPA /ˈRo.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,250 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rolo, with forms such as "orlo", "rloo", and "rollo". 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, "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 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 rolo, spelled R-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  2. 2
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  3. 3
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  4. 4
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  5. 5
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  6. 6
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  7. 7
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  8. 8
    qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
  9. 9
    conflito que envolve muitas pessoas; sururu, quebra-quebra
  10. 10
    conflito que envolve muitas pessoas; sururu, quebra-quebra
  11. 11
    trato, negócio que envolve venda ou troca dalgo acompanhado de repasse adicional de valor em dinheiro como forma de equiparação do que se acha justo ou satisfatório
  12. 12
    envolvimento amoroso
  13. 13
    criminalidade
  14. 14
    roubo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Felipe está envolvido no rolo.
  2. Felipe e seus comparsas estavam envolvidos no rolo da carga de cerveja.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orlo
  • rloo
  • rollo
  • rool
  • rrolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rolo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

orlo2rloo2rollo1rool2rrolo1
Edit distance from "rolo"

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 "rolo"?
"rolo" is spelled R-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRo.lu/.
What does "rolo" mean?
As a noun, "rolo" means: qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
What words are commonly confused with "rolo"?
"rolo" is commonly confused with "Rom", "ros", "rosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rolo" is /ˈRo.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rolo" come from?
"rolo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rolo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sumo#9,264lote#9,216bell#9,296sapo#9,403

Similar misspelling depth

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

true5 variantslapa5 variantscano5 variantsfrei5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list