cova
/ˈkɔ.vɐ/
The verdict
“cova” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,164
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abertura na terra
Corpus desk
Index PT-cova · cova · Portuguese
cova · rank #10,164 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,164
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cool
Nearest frequency peer: cool (-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 “cova”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- concorrente
concorrente
89,842 corpus weight
- cool
cool
89,838 corpus weight
- cova
cova
89,837 corpus weight
- Cyrus
Cyrus
89,836 corpus weight
- delgado
delgado
89,834 corpus weight
- desafiar
desafiar
89,833 corpus weight
What this shows “cova” 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 | cova |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔ.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cova”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around cova (IPA /ˈkɔ.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,164 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cova, with forms such as "ccova", "coav", and "covva". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CSA", "cria", "cura", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cova, spelled C-O-V-A.
Definition
- 1abertura na terra
- 2escavação
- 3caverna
- 4cavidade
- 5depressão em qualquer superfície
- 6alveolo
- 7sepultura
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccova
- coav
- covva
- cvoa
- ocva
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cova - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cova", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).