caviar
/kɐ.ˈvjaɾ/
The verdict
“caviar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,299
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - iguaria feita de ovas salgadas de peixe, normalmente o esturjão
Corpus desk
Index PT-caviar · caviar · Portuguese
caviar · rank #26,299 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,299
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cloreto
Nearest frequency peer: cloreto (+5 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 “caviar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cachecol
cachecol
73,709 corpus weight
- cake
cake
73,708 corpus weight
- caviar
caviar
73,702 corpus weight
- cloreto
cloreto
73,697 corpus weight
- cognitivo
cognitivo
73,695 corpus weight
- conjugação
conjugação
73,688 corpus weight
What this shows “caviar” 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 | caviar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈvjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “caviar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around caviar (IPA /kɐ.ˈvjaɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,299 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "iguaria feita de ovas salgadas de peixe, normalmente o esturjão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for caviar, with forms such as "acviar", "caivar", and "cavair". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "criar", "copiar", "cravar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is caviar, spelled C-A-V-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1iguaria feita de ovas salgadas de peixe, normalmente o esturjão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acviar
- caivar
- cavair
- caviarr
- cavira
- cavviar
- ccaviar
- cvaiar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caviar - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "caviar"?
What does "caviar" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "caviar"?
How do you pronounce "caviar"?
What language does "caviar" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caviar", 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).