cervo

/ˈsɛɾ.vu/

//ˈsɛɾ.vu// noun

The verdict

“cervo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,629
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamífero ruminante da família dos cervídeos, com chifres ramificados, que vive em rebanhos

Corpus desk

Index PT-cervo · cervo · Portuguese

cervo · rank #29,629 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,629
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH celeridade

Nearest frequency peer: celeridade (-1 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 “cervo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cervo” 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).

cervo vs coro
60% similar
cervo vs Ciro
40% similar
cervo vs corpo
60% similar

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

Key facts for cervo
PropertyValue
Headwordcervo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɛɾ.vu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,629
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cervo”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “celeridade” (#29,628), “CEI” (#29,625), “Cirilo” (#29,636). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cervo” fica em #29,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cervo (IPA /ˈsɛɾ.vu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,629 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mamífero ruminante da família dos cervídeos, com chifres ramificados, que vive em rebanhos".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cervo, with forms such as "ccervo", "cerov", and "cerrvo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coro", "Ciro", "corpo", 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 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 cervo, spelled C-E-R-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero ruminante da família dos cervídeos, com chifres ramificados, que vive em rebanhos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccervo
  • cerov
  • cerrvo
  • cervvo
  • cevro
  • crevo
  • ecrvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccervo1cerov2cerrvo1cervvo1cevro2crevo2ecrvo2
Edit distance from "cervo"

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 "cervo"?
"cervo" is spelled C-E-R-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛɾ.vu/.
What does "cervo" mean?
As a noun, "cervo" means: mamífero ruminante da família dos cervídeos, com chifres ramificados, que vive em rebanhos
What words are commonly confused with "cervo"?
"cervo" is commonly confused with "coro", "Ciro", "corpo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cervo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cervo" is /ˈsɛɾ.vu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cervo" come from?
"cervo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list