chave

/ˈʃa.vɨ/

//ˈʃa.vɨ// noun

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The verdict

“chave” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,329
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - objeto usado para abrir e fechar uma fechadura, algemas ou cadeado

Corpus desk

Index PT-chave · chave · Portuguese

chave · rank #1,329 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,329
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH categoria

Nearest frequency peer: categoria (-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 “chave”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “chave” 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).

chave vs che
60% similar
chave vs chefe
60% similar
chave vs chuva
60% similar

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

Key facts for chave
PropertyValue
Headwordchave
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʃa.vɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,329
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “chave”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).chavecai 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 “categoria” (#1,328), “computador” (#1,330), “bonito” (#1,327). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chave” fica em #1,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around chave (IPA /ˈʃa.vɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,329 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chave, with forms such as "cahve", "cchave", and "chaev". 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, "che", "chefe", "chuva", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 chave, spelled C-H-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    objeto usado para abrir e fechar uma fechadura, algemas ou cadeado
  2. 2
    sinal (junto com colchetes e parênteses) usado para agrupar elementos matemáticos em operações de prioridades diversas
  3. 3
    clave musical
  4. 4
    golpe usado para imobilizar o adversário
  5. 5
    descrição que auxilia a identificação de seres vivos
  6. 6
    mecanismo que abre e fecha orifícios, permitindo controlar o som em instrumentos musicais
  7. 7
    identificador que permite localizar informações em repositórios de dados
  8. 8
    pedaço de informação, geralmente secreto, usado para personalizar cifras
  9. 9
    sinal de pontuação: {}

This word in other languages

key(English)llave(Español)clef(Français)Schlüssel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahve
  • cchave
  • chaev
  • chavve
  • chhave
  • chvae
  • hcave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahve2cchave1chaev2chavve1chhave1chvae2hcave2
Edit distance from "chave"

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 "chave"?
"chave" is spelled C-H-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃa.vɨ/.
What does "chave" mean?
As a noun, "chave" means: objeto usado para abrir e fechar uma fechadura, algemas ou cadeado
What words are commonly confused with "chave"?
"chave" is commonly confused with "che", "chefe", "chuva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chave" is /ˈʃa.vɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chave" come from?
"chave" 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 "chave", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vendo#1,325reino#1,323lidar#1,315redor#1,344

Similar misspelling depth

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

Paris7 variantsefeito7 variantsdoença7 variantsbanho7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list