rule
The verdict
“rule” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,780
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ditar regras, fazer regras
Corpus desk
Index PT-rule · rule · Portuguese
rule · rank #24,780 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,780
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH robusto
Nearest frequency peer: robusto (-3 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 “rule”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- reprovação
reprovação
75,228 corpus weight
- resina
resina
75,227 corpus weight
- revogar
revogar
75,226 corpus weight
- robusto
robusto
75,224 corpus weight
- rule
rule
75,221 corpus weight
- scene
scene
75,216 corpus weight
What this shows “rule” 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 | rule |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “rule”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rule, averb. Corpus frequency is #24,780 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rule, with forms such as "rlue", "rrule", and "ruel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "run", "rum", "rumo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is rule, spelled R-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1ditar regras, fazer regras
- 2governar, comandar
- 3ser muito bom
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This game rules!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rlue
- rrule
- ruel
- rulle
- urle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rule - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "rule", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).