Cavite
/kɐˈvi.tɛ/
"cavite" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cavite” is uncommon English (frequency #56,001 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,001
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cavite · Cavite · English
Cavite · rank #56,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,001
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Caxton
Nearest frequency peer: Caxton (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Cavite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cartwheel
cartwheel
44,003 corpus weight
- Cascadia
Cascadia
44,002 corpus weight
- Cavite
Cavite
44,000 corpus weight
- Caxton
Caxton
43,999 corpus weight
- Charlotteto…
Charlottetown
43,995 corpus weight
- Chauhan
Chauhan
43,994 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cavite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cavite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kɐˈvi.tɛ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cavite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cavite is uncommon English at frequency #56,001 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kɐˈvi.tɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Cavite, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Cavite, a rendition of Tagalog Kawit, from kawit (“hook”), in reference to the hooked-shape peninsula where present-day Cavite City stands. Doublet of Kawit. The correct English form is Cavite, spelled C-A-V-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas.
- 2A city in Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines.
Etymology
From Spanish Cavite, a rendition of Tagalog Kawit, from kawit (“hook”), in reference to the hooked-shape peninsula where present-day Cavite City stands. Doublet of Kawit.
This word in other languages
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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