rua
/ˈRuɐ/
The verdict
“rua” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #420 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #420
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fora!, gire! - ordem enérgica para deixar o recinto onde se está
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 | rua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈRuɐ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rua” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rua is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRuɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #420 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fora!, gire! - ordem enérgica para deixar o recinto onde se está".
No misspelling variants are generated for rua in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "run", "rue", "rum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is rua, spelled R-U-A.
Definition
- 1fora!, gire! - ordem enérgica para deixar o recinto onde se está
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 “rua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈRuɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “run” - see the side-by-side comparison. rua vs run
- 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.