# Algarve

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,546

## Definitions
1. The southernmost region of Portugal.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Algarve (“Algarve”), from Old Galician-Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب (al-ḡarb, “the west”).

## Easily confused with
- **algae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/algae-vs-algarve)
- **agave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agave-vs-algarve)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aglarve`, `alagrve`, `algarev`, `algarrve`, `algarvve`, `algavre`, `alggarve`, `algrave`, `allgarve`, `lagarve`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/algarve