redevsriseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#402
“rede” frequency rank
#14,230
“rise” frequency rank
14632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rede rise
Definition entrelaçamento de cordas, fios, arames, barbantes, etc., que formam uma malha subida: (o ato de subir)

Where the eye mixes rede and rise

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

4 ch
rede
4 ch
rise

Look-alike desk: rede vs rise

A purely visual mix-up. rede (/'χe.ʤi/) and rise (/raɪz/) 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 14632, 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/. rise is at rank #14,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced /raɪz/.

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 14632, this pair ranks #57,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rede vs rise

Shared letters: er. Private to "rede": d. Private to "rise": is.

"rede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rise" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redeerde · rdee · redde · reed · rrede
  • riseirse · risse · rrise · rsie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rede" and "rise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/'χe.ʤi/ versus /raɪz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rede" or "rise" show up more?
"rede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #402 in our Portuguese list, against #14,230 for "rise". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rede" and "rise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rise vs rust". 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 #57,391 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