carvalho
The verdict
“carvalho” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,616 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,616
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - árvore da família das fagáceas do gênero Quercus
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 | carvalho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carvalho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for carvalho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #2,616 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "árvore da família das fagáceas do gênero Quercus".
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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cavalo", "carvão", "cascalho", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is carvalho, spelled C-A-R-V-A-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1árvore da família das fagáceas do gênero Quercus
This word in other languages
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 - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “carvalho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-V-A-L-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “cavalo” - see the side-by-side comparison. carvalho vs cavalo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.