rabivsrácioWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rabi is a verb, rácio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rabi” is a verb and “rácio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,126
“rabi” frequency rank
#39,370
“rácio” frequency rank
88496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rabi rácio
Definition roubar, saltear, pilhar relação

Letter map: rabi vs rácio

Shared letters muted; letters that set rabi and rácio apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. rabi runs 4 letters (CVCV) against rácio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
rabi
5 ch
rácio

Grammar separator: rabi vs rácio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rabi is averb and rácioanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rabi is recorded at frequency rank #49,126, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɾa.bi/. rácio is at rank #39,370, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 88496, this pair ranks #400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rabi vs rácio

Shared letters: ir. Private to "rabi": ab. Private to "rácio": coá.

"rabi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rácio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rabi ← rabbi · raib · rbai · rrabi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rabi" and "rácio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rabi" is a verb and "rácio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rabi" or "rácio" show up more?
"rácio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,370 in our Portuguese list, against #49,126 for "rabi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rabi" and "rácio".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rabi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rácio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rabi" and "rácio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs ratio". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list