rolo
/ˈRo.lu/
The verdict
“rolo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,250 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,250
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
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 | rolo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRo.lu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rolo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rolo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRo.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,250 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 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 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
- 1qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 2qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 3qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 4qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 5qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 6qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 7qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 8qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado
- 9conflito que envolve muitas pessoas; sururu, quebra-quebra
- 10conflito que envolve muitas pessoas; sururu, quebra-quebra
- 11trato, 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
- 12envolvimento amoroso
- 13criminalidade
- 14roubo
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.
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 “rolo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈRo.lu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rom” - see the side-by-side comparison. rolo vs Rom
- 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.