redevsRomeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#402
“rede” frequency rank
#34,902
“Rome” frequency rank
35304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rede Rome
Definition entrelaçamento de cordas, fios, arames, barbantes, etc., que formam uma malha Roma

Where the eye mixes rede and Rome

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

4 ch
rede
4 ch
Rome

Look-alike desk: rede vs Rome

A purely visual mix-up. rede (/'χe.ʤi/) and Rome (/ʁɔm/) 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 35304, 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/. Rome is at rank #34,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʁɔm/.

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 35304, this pair ranks #31,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rede vs Rome

Shared letters: er. Private to "rede": d. Private to "Rome": mo.

"rede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Rome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redeerde · rdee · redde · reed · rrede
  • Romeorme · rmoe · roem · romme · rrome

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rede" and "Rome" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/'χe.ʤi/ versus /ʁɔm/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rede" or "Rome"?
"rede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #402 in our Portuguese list, against #34,902 for "Rome". 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 "Rome" 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 "Rome" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rede" and "Rome" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rome vs ruma". 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 #31,751 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