corvo
/ˈkoɾ.vu/
The verdict
“corvo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,553
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pássaro de bico e plumagem pretos
Corpus desk
Index PT-corvo · corvo · Portuguese
corvo · rank #14,553 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,553
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH coruja
Nearest frequency peer: coruja (-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 “corvo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- convincente
convincente
85,454 corpus weight
- convocar
convocar
85,453 corpus weight
- coruja
coruja
85,449 corpus weight
- corvo
corvo
85,448 corpus weight
- cru
cru
85,446 corpus weight
- cumprimentar
cumprimentar
85,444 corpus weight
What this shows “corvo” 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 | corvo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkoɾ.vu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “corvo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around corvo (IPA /ˈkoɾ.vu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,553 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for corvo, with forms such as "ccorvo", "corov", and "corrvo". 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, "cova", "curso", "curto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is corvo, spelled C-O-R-V-O.
Definition
- 1pássaro de bico e plumagem pretos
- 2modilhão
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorvo
- corov
- corrvo
- corvvo
- covro
- crovo
- ocrvo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corvo - 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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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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).