carvão
/kɐɾ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“carvão” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,283
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância de coloração negra e de firme consistência, amplamente utilizada como combustível
Corpus desk
Index PT-carvao · carvão · Portuguese
carvão · rank #5,283 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,283
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH causado
Nearest frequency peer: causado (+2 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “carvão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- aprendizado
aprendizado
94,726 corpus weight
- carvão
carvão
94,718 corpus weight
- causado
causado
94,716 corpus weight
- cometer
cometer
94,715 corpus weight
- depósito
depósito
94,712 corpus weight
- dirigido
dirigido
94,710 corpus weight
What this shows “carvão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | carvão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐɾ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “carvão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around carvão (IPA /kɐɾ.ˈvɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,283 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for carvão, with forms such as "acrvão", "carrvão", and "carvoã". 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, "curva", "corvo", "cavar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is carvão, spelled C-A-R-V-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1substância de coloração negra e de firme consistência, amplamente utilizada como combustível
- 2tição
- 3pedaço de madeira mal queimada
- 4o que está muito queimado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carvão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desse acréscimo, cerca de 20,8 mil MW deverão ser gerados em usinas termoelétricas de diversos tipos, como nuclear, a gás, carvão, diesel...
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrvão
- carrvão
- carvoã
- carvvão
- carãvo
- cavrão
- ccarvão
- cravão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carvão - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carvão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).