Which to use
“ralo” is an adjective and “rol” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,418
- “ralo” frequency rank
- #22,447
- “rol” frequency rank
- 42865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ralo | rol |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pouco espesso, pouco denso | lista; relação |
Letter map: ralo vs rol
Shared letters muted; letters that set ralo and rol apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ralo / rol
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ralo is anadjective and rolanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ralo is recorded at frequency rank #20,418, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.lu/. rol is at rank #22,447, 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 42865, this pair ranks #22,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ralo vs rol
Shared letters: lor. Private to "ralo": a. Private to "rol": -.
"ralo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rol" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ralo ← arlo · rallo · raol · rlao · rralo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ralo" and "rol" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ralo" or "rol"?
What to do next
Pair "ralo" vs "rol" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ralo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ralo" and "rol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs ralo". 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 #22,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.