rush

/raʃ/

//raʃ// noun

The verdict

“rush” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,676
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rush

Corpus desk

Index PT-rush · rush · Portuguese

rush · rank #15,676 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,676
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH saca

Nearest frequency peer: saca (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “rush”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “rush” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rush vs rust
75% similar
rush vs russo
60% similar
rush vs rusty
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rush
PropertyValue
Headwordrush
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/raʃ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,676
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “rush”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rushcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “saca” (#15,678), “Rom” (#15,673), “salmão” (#15,681). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rush” fica em #15,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around rush (IPA /raʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,676 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "rush".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rush, with forms such as "rrush", "rsuh", and "ruhs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rust", "russo", "rusty", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rush, spelled R-U-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    rush

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rrush
  • rsuh
  • ruhs
  • rushh
  • russh
  • ursh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rush - 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.

rrush1rsuh2ruhs2rushh1russh1ursh2
Edit distance from "rush"

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 "rush"?
"rush" is spelled R-U-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /raʃ/.
What does "rush" mean?
As a noun, "rush" means: rush
What words are commonly confused with "rush"?
"rush" is commonly confused with "rust", "russo", "rusty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rush"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rush" is /raʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rush" come from?
"rush" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rush", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list