cave
/ˈka.vɨ/
The verdict
“cave” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,725
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pavimento de uma casa abaixo do leito da rua
Corpus desk
Index PT-cave · cave · Portuguese
cave · rank #17,725 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,725
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cast
Nearest frequency peer: cast (-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 “cave”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- boto
boto
82,287 corpus weight
- cale
cale
82,282 corpus weight
- cape
cape
82,280 corpus weight
- cast
cast
82,278 corpus weight
- cave
cave
82,276 corpus weight
- Colombia
Colombia
82,269 corpus weight
What this shows “cave” 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 | cave |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.vɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cave”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cave (IPA /ˈka.vɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,725 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cave, with forms such as "acve", "caev", and "cavve". 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, "ce", "che", "core", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cave, spelled C-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1pavimento de uma casa abaixo do leito da rua
- 2adega; frasqueira
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acve
- caev
- cavve
- ccave
- cvae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cave - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "cave", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).