curvo
/ˈkuɾ.vu/
The verdict
“curvo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,736
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em forma de arco
Corpus desk
Index PT-curvo · curvo · Portuguese
curvo · rank #37,736 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,736
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH crível
Nearest frequency peer: crível (-3 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 “curvo”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cruzador
cruzador
62,269 corpus weight
- crível
crível
62,268 corpus weight
- curvo
curvo
62,265 corpus weight
- dare
dare
62,261 corpus weight
- delirar
delirar
62,257 corpus weight
- demónio
demónio
62,255 corpus weight
What this shows “curvo” 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 | curvo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkuɾ.vu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “curvo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around curvo (IPA /ˈkuɾ.vu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,736 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 curvo, with forms such as "ccurvo", "cruvo", and "curov". 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, "custo", "cujo", "caro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 curvo, spelled C-U-R-V-O.
Definition
- 1em forma de arco
- 2dobrado
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccurvo
- cruvo
- curov
- currvo
- curvvo
- cuvro
- ucrvo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curvo - 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).