ronda
The verdict
“ronda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,388
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - grupo de soldados ou de outras pessoas que percorre as ruas, ou visita algum posto, velando pela manutenção da ordem
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 | ronda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ronda” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ronda, anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,388 among 1,668 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ronda, with forms such as "ornda", "rnoda", and "rodna". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "rosa", "rota", "roupa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ronda, spelled R-O-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1grupo de soldados ou de outras pessoas que percorre as ruas, ou visita algum posto, velando pela manutenção da ordem
- 2diligência para descobrir qualquer coisa
- 3exame ou inspeção acerca da boa ordem de alguma coisa
- 4espécie de jogo de azar
- 5dança de roda
- 6procissão que dá volta por determinados sítios
- 7bando de transeuntes, às vezes acompanhados de viola e outros instrumentos, o qual percorre de noite vários pontos de uma povoação, especialmente os lugares onde seroam ou descantam raparigas
- 8grupo de mascarados pelo carnaval
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ornda
- rnoda
- rodna
- ronad
- rondda
- ronnda
- rronda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ronda - 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 “ronda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “rosa” - see the side-by-side comparison. ronda vs rosa
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.