selva
/ˈsɛlvə/
"selva" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“selva” is uncommon English (frequency #76,313 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,313
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-selva · selva · English
selva · rank #76,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,313
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SCV
Nearest frequency peer: SCV (-4 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 “selva”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Schrute
Schrute
23,696 corpus weight
- Scioto
Scioto
23,695 corpus weight
- scrounging
scrounging
23,693 corpus weight
- SCV
SCV
23,692 corpus weight
- selva
selva
23,688 corpus weight
- sexualizati…
sexualization
23,682 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “selva” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selva |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛlvə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “selva” in English
Rare enough to double-check
selva is uncommon English at frequency #76,313 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛlvə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for selva in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese selva, from Latin silva. Doublet of silva. The correct English form is selva, spelled S-E-L-V-A.
Definition
- 1Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese selva, from Latin silva. Doublet of silva.
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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