Which to use
“rádio” is a noun and “raro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #857
- “rádio” frequency rank
- #4,588
- “raro” frequency rank
- 5445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rádio | raro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urânio, e é produzido por decaimento radioativo; é utilizado na medicina para tratamento de câncer e, em laboratórios, como fonte de neutrons para análise de materiais | que existe em pouca quantidade, pouco numeroso |
Letter map: rádio vs raro
Shared letters muted; letters that set rádio and raro apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for rádio / raro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rádio is anoun and raroanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rádio is recorded at frequency rank #857, classified as anoun. raro is at rank #4,588, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.ɾu/.
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 5445, this pair ranks #69,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rádio vs raro
Shared letters: or. Private to "rádio": diá. Private to "raro": a.
"rádio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "raro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- raro ← arro · raor · rarro · rrao · rraro
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rádio" and "raro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rádio" vs "raro" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "rádio" and "raro". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "rádio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "raro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rádio" and "raro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs raro". 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 #69,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.