régiavsrendaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#25,815
“régia” frequency rank
#2,162
“renda” frequency rank
27977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature régia renda
Definition feminino de régio obra de malha feita com fio de linho, seda, ouro ou prata com desenhos caprichosos

Letter map: régia vs renda

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

5 ch
régia
5 ch
renda

Role in the sentence - régia and renda

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: régia is anadjective and rendaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

régia is recorded at frequency rank #25,815, classified as anadj. renda is at rank #2,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRẽ.dɐ/.

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 27977, this pair ranks #40,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of régia vs renda

Shared letters: ar. Private to "régia": gié. Private to "renda": den.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renda ← ernda · redna · renad · rendda · rennda · rneda · rrenda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "régia" and "renda" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "régia" is an adjective and "renda" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "régia" or "renda" show up more?
"renda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,162 in our Portuguese list, against #25,815 for "régia". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "régia" and "renda".

  • Full dictionary entry for "régia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "régia" and "renda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régia vs revi". 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 #40,916 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