rough
/ɹʌf/
The verdict
“rough” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,777 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,777
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - áspero
Corpus desk
Index PT-rough · rough · Portuguese
rough · rank #58,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,777
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ruga
Nearest frequency peer: ruga (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “rough”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- reutilizar
reutilizar
41,232 corpus weight
- revenue
revenue
41,231 corpus weight
- rough
rough
41,224 corpus weight
- ruga
ruga
41,222 corpus weight
- sifão
sifão
41,209 corpus weight
- signe
signe
41,208 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rough” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rough |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹʌf/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rough” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rough is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,777 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹʌf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
rough doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is rough, spelled R-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1áspero
- 2aproximado; não exato
- 3turbulento
- 4difícil, complicado
- 5bruto
- 6violento
- 7rofo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rough appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manual of Practical Assaying Intended for the Use of Metallurgists, Captains of Mines, and Assayers in General. With Copious Tables for the Purpose of Ascertaining in Assays of Gold and Silver the Precise Amount, in Ounces, Penny Weights, and Grains of Noble Mental, Contained in One Ton of Ore from a Given Quantity
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Antonyms
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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