rasovsroseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“raso” and “rose” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,454
“raso” frequency rank
#4,517
“rose” frequency rank
29971
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raso rose
Definition não profundo rosa, rosado

Where the eye mixes raso and rose

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
raso
4 ch
rose

Visual trap between raso and rose

A purely visual mix-up. raso (/ˈRa.zu/) and rose (/ʀoz/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raso is recorded at frequency rank #25,454, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.zu/. rose is at rank #4,517, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ʀoz/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 29971, this pair ranks #38,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raso vs rose

Shared letters: ors. Private to "raso": a. Private to "rose": e.

"raso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rasoarso · raos · rasso · rraso · rsao
  • roseorse · roes · rosse · rrose · rsoe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "raso" for "rose" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈRa.zu/ versus /ʀoz/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "raso" or "rose"?
"rose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,517 in our Portuguese list, against #25,454 for "raso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "raso" and "rose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raso" and "rose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs raso". 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 #38,513 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