cava
/ˈkɑː.və/
"cava" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cava” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,727
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cava · cava · English
cava · rank #39,727 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,727
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CBP
Nearest frequency peer: CBP (+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 “cava”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Canola
Canola
60,279 corpus weight
- castrated
castrated
60,276 corpus weight
- cava
cava
60,274 corpus weight
- CBP
CBP
60,273 corpus weight
- CD4
CD4
60,272 corpus weight
- Chapin
Chapin
60,270 corpus weight
What this shows “cava” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cava |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑː.və/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cava”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cava (IPA /ˈkɑː.və/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,727 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cava, with forms such as "acva", "caav", and "cavva". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "CIA", "cha", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is cava, spelled C-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acva
- caav
- cavva
- ccava
- cvaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cava - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "cava", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).