régiavsrelvaTell them apart

Quick tell: régia is a adjective, relva is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,815
“régia” frequency rank
#25,464
“relva” frequency rank
51279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature régia relva
Definition feminino de régio erva rasteira

Letter map: régia vs relva

Shared letters muted; letters that set régia and relva apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. régia (CVCVV) and relva (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
régia
5 ch
relva

Grammar separator: régia vs relva

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: régia is anadjective and relvaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

régia is recorded at frequency rank #25,815, classified as anadj. relva is at rank #25,464, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/.

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 51279, this pair ranks #13,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of régia vs relva

Shared letters: ar. Private to "régia": gié. Private to "relva": elv.

"régia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "relva" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relva ← erlva · relav · rellva · relvva · revla · rleva · rrelva

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "régia" and "relva" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "régia" is an adjective and "relva" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "régia" vs "relva" - which ranks higher?
"relva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,464 in our Portuguese list, against #25,815 for "régia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "régia" vs "relva" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "régia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "régia" and "relva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reles vs relva". 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 #13,729 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