Which to use
“ramal” and “rasa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,964
- “ramal” frequency rank
- #23,795
- “rasa” frequency rank
- 42759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ramal | rasa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | divisão, ramificação | instrumento de formato cilíndrico usado na medição de secos |
Where the eye mixes ramal and rasa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ramal with rasa
A purely visual mix-up. ramal (/Rɐ.ˈmaɫ/) and rasa (/ˈχa.zɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ramal is recorded at frequency rank #18,964, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈmaɫ/. rasa is at rank #23,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈχa.zɐ/.
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 42759, this pair ranks #22,976 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ramal vs rasa
Shared letters: ar. Private to "ramal": lm. Private to "rasa": s.
"ramal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rasa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ramal" for "rasa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ramal" vs "rasa" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ramal" and "rasa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ramal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rasa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,976 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ramal" and "rasa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs rasa". 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 #22,976 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.