ruela
/ˈRwɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“ruela” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,201
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diminutivo de rua; rua pequena
Corpus desk
Index PT-ruela · ruela · Portuguese
ruela · rank #42,201 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,201
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH safadeza
Nearest frequency peer: safadeza (+4 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ruela”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- reprovar
reprovar
57,810 corpus weight
- repulsivo
repulsivo
57,808 corpus weight
- revi
revi
57,805 corpus weight
- ruela
ruela
57,800 corpus weight
- safadeza
safadeza
57,796 corpus weight
- sarado
sarado
57,793 corpus weight
What this shows “ruela” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | ruela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRwɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “ruela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ruela (IPA /ˈRwɛ.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,201 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diminutivo de rua; rua pequena".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruela, with forms such as "reula", "rruela", and "rueal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rule", "ruma", "ruiva", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ruela, spelled R-U-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1diminutivo de rua; rua pequena
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- reula
- rruela
- rueal
- ruella
- rulea
- urela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruela - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruela", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).