escavar
/iʃ.kɐ.ˈvaɾ/
The verdict
“escavar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,966
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar vazio pela remoção do que há dentro; fazer um buraco ou cavidade em; realizar uma escavação
Corpus desk
Index PT-escavar · escavar · Portuguese
escavar · rank #24,966 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,966
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH escroto
Nearest frequency peer: escroto (+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 “escavar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- emblemático
emblemático
75,043 corpus weight
- emissor
emissor
75,042 corpus weight
- escavar
escavar
75,035 corpus weight
- escroto
escroto
75,034 corpus weight
- estranhar
estranhar
75,030 corpus weight
- excêntrico
excêntrico
75,026 corpus weight
What this shows “escavar” 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 | escavar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʃ.kɐ.ˈvaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “escavar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around escavar (IPA /iʃ.kɐ.ˈvaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,966 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for escavar, with forms such as "ecsavar", "esacvar", and "escaavr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "escova", "escoar", "escolar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is escavar, spelled E-S-C-A-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar vazio pela remoção do que há dentro; fazer um buraco ou cavidade em; realizar uma escavação
- 2fazer (um buraco, túnel) pela remoção de material
- 3expor através de escavação
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escavar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O centro da cidade foi escavado para a realização do metrô.
O arqueólogo alemão Heinrich Schliemann escavou a cidade de Troia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsavar
- esacvar
- escaavr
- escavarr
- escavra
- escavvar
- esccavar
- escvaar
- esscavar
- secavar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escavar - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).