pav
"pav" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pav” is uncommon English (frequency #56,352 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,352
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of pavilion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pav · pav · English
pav · rank #56,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,352
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH patriarchate
Nearest frequency peer: patriarchate (-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 “pav”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pashto
Pashto
43,652 corpus weight
- pata
pata
43,651 corpus weight
- patriarchate
patriarchate
43,650 corpus weight
- pav
pav
43,649 corpus weight
- penmanship
penmanship
43,648 corpus weight
- perc
perc
43,647 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pav” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pav |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pav” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pav is uncommon English at frequency #56,352 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of pavilion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pav in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of pavilion. The correct English form is pav, spelled P-A-V.
Definition
- 1Clipping of pavilion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“It′s no good hanging around here. I vote we nip round to the back of the pav,” Jennings suggested. “We might be able to see Mr Findlater and wave to him through the window.” They scurried round to the rear of the building where a row of windows overlooked a deserted part of the cricket ground.
Up goes the finger and the Dodo snaps to attention, rams the bat under his arm (subaltern with swagger stick) and retreats to the pav with a slowness intended as silent comment on a poor decision.
Etymology
Contraction of pavilion.
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
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