Which to use
“rápido” is an adjective and “rapina” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #811
- “rápido” frequency rank
- #35,751
- “rapina” frequency rank
- 36562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rápido | rapina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que anda depressa | ato ou efeito de rapinar |
Where the eye mixes rápido and rapina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rápido and rapina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between rápido and rapina
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rápido is /ˈRa.pi.du/ while rapina is /Rɐ.ˈpi.nɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rápido is recorded at frequency rank #811, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.pi.du/. rapina is at rank #35,751, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈpi.nɐ/.
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 36562, this pair ranks #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rápido vs rapina
Shared letters: ipr. Private to "rápido": doá. Private to "rapina": an.
"rápido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rapina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapina ← arpina · raipna · rapian · rapinna · rapnia · rappina · rpaina · rrapina
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rápido" for "rapina" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rápido" or "rapina"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rápido" and "rapina" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rápido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rápido" and "rapina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapida vs rapina". 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 #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.