erva
/ˈɛɾ.vɐ/
The verdict
“erva” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,469
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - liamba
Corpus desk
Index PT-erva · erva · Portuguese
erva · rank #8,469 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,469
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH encerrado
Nearest frequency peer: encerrado (-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 “erva”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- desperdício
desperdício
91,543 corpus weight
- doer
doer
91,538 corpus weight
- encerrado
encerrado
91,533 corpus weight
- erva
erva
91,532 corpus weight
- esquecimento
esquecimento
91,531 corpus weight
- filmagem
filmagem
91,521 corpus weight
What this shows “erva” 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 | erva |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “erva”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around erva (IPA /ˈɛɾ.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,469 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for erva, with forms such as "erav", "errva", and "ervva". 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, "ev", "Eva", "Eve", 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 erva, spelled E-R-V-A.
Definition
- 1liamba
- 2pasto que se colhe para os animais
- 3vegetação normal dos campos e lameiros
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erav
- errva
- ervva
- evra
- reva
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erva - 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.
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 "erva", 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).