Rom
/roːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“Rom” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,673) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,673
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roma
Corpus desk
Index PT-rom · Rom · Portuguese
Rom · rank #15,673 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,673
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rush
Nearest frequency peer: rush (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “Rom”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- relâmpago
relâmpago
84,335 corpus weight
- retenção
retenção
84,332 corpus weight
- Rom
Rom
84,328 corpus weight
- rush
rush
84,325 corpus weight
- saca
saca
84,323 corpus weight
- salmão
salmão
84,320 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “Rom” 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 | Rom |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /roːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “Rom”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Rom is neighbouring look-alikes ("rua", "run", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /roːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #15,673 among 963 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Roma".
Zero misspellings are on record for Rom in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rua", "run", "rue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Rom, spelled R-O-M.
Definition
- 1Roma
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).