cerveja

/sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ/

//sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ// noun

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The verdict

“cerveja” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,225
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bebida alcoólica fraca obtida a partir da fermentação da cevada germinada a que se junta água e flores de lúpulo

Corpus desk

Index PT-cerveja · cerveja · Portuguese

cerveja · rank #2,225 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,225
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH caráter

Nearest frequency peer: caráter (-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 “cerveja”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “cerveja” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cerveja vs cereja
86% similar
cerveja vs certeza
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cerveja
PropertyValue
Headwordcerveja
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,225
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cerveja”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cervejacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “caráter” (#2,223), “colégio” (#2,227), “cantar” (#2,221). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cerveja” fica em #2,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cerveja (IPA /sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,225 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bebida alcoólica fraca obtida a partir da fermentação da cevada germinada a que se junta água e flores de lúpulo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerveja, with forms such as "ccerveja", "cerevja", and "cerrveja". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cereja", "certeza", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cerveja, spelled C-E-R-V-E-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    bebida alcoólica fraca obtida a partir da fermentação da cevada germinada a que se junta água e flores de lúpulo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cerveja appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A Companhia de Bebidas das Américas - AmBev partiu para a ação e pôs no ar uma campanha publicitária para a cerveja sem álcool Líber.
  2. Existem, hoje no mercado, várias marcas de cerveja sem álcool.

This word in other languages

beer(English)cerveza(Español)bière(Français)Bier(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerveja
  • cerevja
  • cerrveja
  • cerveaj
  • cervejja
  • cervjea
  • cervveja
  • cevreja
  • creveja
  • ecrveja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cerveja - 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.

ccerveja1cerevja2cerrveja1cerveaj2cervejja1cervjea2cervveja1cevreja2
Edit distance from "cerveja"

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 "cerveja"?
"cerveja" is spelled C-E-R-V-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ/.
What does "cerveja" mean?
As a noun, "cerveja" means: bebida alcoólica fraca obtida a partir da fermentação da cevada germinada a que se junta água e flores de lúpulo
What words are commonly confused with "cerveja"?
"cerveja" is commonly confused with "cereja", "certeza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerveja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerveja" is /sɨɾ.ˈvɐj.ʒɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerveja" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cerveja", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caráter#2,223colégio#2,227editora#2,231atuação#2,218

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

edifício10 variantsGabriel10 variantsturismo10 variantssegredo10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list