ev
/ɛv/
The verdict
“ev” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #26,740) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,740
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - casa
Corpus desk
Index PT-ev · ev · Portuguese
ev · rank #26,740 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,740
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH estrondo
Nearest frequency peer: estrondo (-2 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ev”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- esterilizaç…
esterilização
73,264 corpus weight
- estrondo
estrondo
73,263 corpus weight
- ev
ev
73,261 corpus weight
- fervor
fervor
73,256 corpus weight
- fiação
fiação
73,255 corpus weight
- fighter
fighter
73,254 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ev” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ev |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛv/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #26,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ev”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ev is neighbouring look-alikes ("Eva", "Eve", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɛv/. Frequency #26,740 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ev, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eva", "Eve", "ever", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ev, spelled E-V.
Definition
- 1casa
- 2lar
- 3família
Synonyms
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.