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

#2,162
“renda” frequency rank
#8,388
“ronda” frequency rank
10550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renda ronda
Definition obra de malha feita com fio de linho, seda, ouro ou prata com desenhos caprichosos grupo de soldados ou de outras pessoas que percorre as ruas, ou visita algum posto, velando pela manutenção da ordem

Letter map: renda vs ronda

Shared letters muted; letters that set renda and ronda apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. renda and ronda follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
renda
5 ch
ronda

Spelling & dictionary notes on renda vs ronda

renda and ronda are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “renda” becomes o in “ronda”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renda is recorded at frequency rank #2,162, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRẽ.dɐ/. ronda is at rank #8,388, tagged as anoun.

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 10550, this pair ranks #62,512 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of renda vs ronda

Shared letters: adnr. Private to "renda": e. Private to "ronda": o.

"renda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "ronda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renda ← ernda · redna · renad · rendda · rennda · rneda · rrenda
  • ronda ← ornda · rnoda · rodna · ronad · rondda · ronnda · rronda

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "renda" and "ronda" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “renda” becomes o in “ronda”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "renda" or "ronda" show up more?
"renda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,162 in our Portuguese list, against #8,388 for "ronda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "renda" vs "ronda" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ronda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,512 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renda" and "ronda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodo vs ronda". 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 #62,512 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