Carvalho
"carvalho" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Carvalho” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,050
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Portuguese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carvalho · Carvalho · English
Carvalho · rank #42,050 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,050
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH carpeting
Nearest frequency peer: carpeting (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Carvalho”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- capitalise
capitalise
57,954 corpus weight
- capstone
capstone
57,953 corpus weight
- carpeting
carpeting
57,952 corpus weight
- Carvalho
Carvalho
57,951 corpus weight
- Cassel
Cassel
57,950 corpus weight
- catalysis
catalysis
57,949 corpus weight
What this shows “Carvalho” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carvalho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Carvalho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Carvalho, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,050 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Portuguese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Carvalho, with forms such as "acrvalho", "caravlho", and "carrvalho". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho. The correct English form is Carvalho, spelled C-A-R-V-A-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1A surname from Portuguese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrvalho
- caravlho
- carrvalho
- carvahlo
- carvalhho
- carvallho
- carvaloh
- carvlaho
- carvvalho
- cavralho
- ccarvalho
- cravalho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Carvalho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Carvalho", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).