deriva

//dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,879

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

deriva is aPortuguesenoun. It means: desvio da rota (de aeronave ou barco) Pronounced /dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ/. It ranks #8,879 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with diva and derivado.

Key facts for deriva
PropertyValue
Headwordderiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,879
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of deriva in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for deriva is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,879 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for deriva, with forms such as "dderiva", "deirva", and "deriav". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "diva", "derivado", "derivada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is deriva, spelled D-E-R-I-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    desvio da rota (de aeronave ou barco)
  2. 2
    parte móvel localizada na traseira de uma embarcação ou no leme de um aeronave (avião, foguete, etc) também na traseira

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dderiva,deirva,deriav,derivva,derriva,dervia,dreiva,edriva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deriva

Misspelling Variants of "deriva"

dderiva7deirva6deriav6derivva7derriva7dervia6dreiva6edriva6
Misspelling Variants of "deriva"

Frequency rank: #8,879 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deriva"?
"deriva" is spelled D-E-R-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ/.
What does "deriva" mean?
As a noun, "deriva" means: desvio da rota (de aeronave ou barco)
What words are commonly confused with "deriva"?
"deriva" is commonly confused with "diva", "derivado", "derivada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deriva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deriva" is /dɨ.ˈɾi.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deriva" come from?
"deriva" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.