rubor

/Ru.ˈboɾ/

//Ru.ˈboɾ// noun

The verdict

“rubor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,445 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,445
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - característica do que é rubro

Corpus desk

Index PT-rubor · rubor · Portuguese

rubor · rank #68,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,445
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH recobrar

Nearest frequency peer: recobrar (-31 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 “rubor”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rubor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rubor
PropertyValue
Headwordrubor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Ru.ˈboɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “rubor” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ruborcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “recobrar” (#68,414), “socket” (#68,476), “solidamente” (#68,477). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rubor” fica em #68,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rubor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,445 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /Ru.ˈboɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for rubor in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rubor, spelled R-U-B-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    característica do que é rubro
  2. 2
    vermelhidão
  3. 3
    cor vermelha
  4. 4
    enrubescimento
  5. 5
    vergonha, pudor
  6. 6
    modéstia
  7. 7
    timidez

Synonyms

rubidez

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rubor"?
"rubor" is spelled R-U-B-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Ru.ˈboɾ/.
What does "rubor" mean?
As a noun, "rubor" means: característica do que é rubro
How do you pronounce "rubor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rubor" is /Ru.ˈboɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rubor" come from?
"rubor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rubor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list