redevsroseWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rede is a noun, rose is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rede” is a noun and “rose” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#402
“rede” frequency rank
#4,517
“rose” frequency rank
4919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rede rose
Definition entrelaçamento de cordas, fios, arames, barbantes, etc., que formam uma malha rosa, rosado

Where the eye mixes rede and rose

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

4 ch
rede
4 ch
rose

Visual trap between rede and rose

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rede is /'χe.ʤi/ while rose is /ʀoz/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4919, 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/. 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 4919, this pair ranks #69,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rede vs rose

Shared letters: er. Private to "rede": d. Private to "rose": os.

"rede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redeerde · rdee · redde · reed · rrede
  • roseorse · roes · rosse · rrose · rsoe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rede" and "rose" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rede" is a noun and "rose" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rede" or "rose"?
"rede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #402 in our Portuguese list, against #4,517 for "rose". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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 "rose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rede" and "rose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rose 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 #69,815 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