redevsrideWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#402
“rede” frequency rank
#21,008
“ride” frequency rank
21410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rede ride
Definition entrelaçamento de cordas, fios, arames, barbantes, etc., que formam uma malha montada ou subir em algo

Where the eye mixes rede and ride

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
rede
4 ch
ride

Look-alike desk: rede vs ride

A purely visual mix-up. rede (/'χe.ʤi/) and ride (/ɹaɪd/) 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 a single letter - e in “rede” becomes i in “ride”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rede is recorded at frequency rank #402, classified as anoun, pronounced /'χe.ʤi/. ride is at rank #21,008, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹaɪd/.

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 21410, this pair ranks #48,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rede vs ride

Shared letters: der. Private to "rede": -. Private to "ride": i.

"rede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ride" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redeerde · rdee · redde · reed · rrede
  • rideirde · rdie · ridde · ried · rride

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rede" and "ride" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/'χe.ʤi/ versus /ɹaɪd/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rede" vs "ride" - which ranks higher?
"rede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #402 in our Portuguese list, against #21,008 for "ride". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ride" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rede" and "ride" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ride vs robe". 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 #48,870 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