gaveta
The verdict
“gaveta” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,475 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,475
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - compartimento horizontal, sem tampa e corrediço que se puxa de um móvel para se ter acesso a ele
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 | gaveta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gaveta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for gaveta is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #11,475 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gaveta, with forms such as "agveta", "gaevta", and "gaveat". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gazeta", "galera", "gaivota", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gaveta, spelled G-A-V-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1compartimento horizontal, sem tampa e corrediço que se puxa de um móvel para se ter acesso a ele
- 2área, dentro do espaço determinado pela trave e o piso do campo, que é bem próxima simultaneamente ao poste horizontal e ao vertical
- 3compartimento na estrutura de um cemitério vertical em que os restos mortais de um falecido são depositados
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agveta,gaevta,gaveat,gavetta,gavtea,gavveta,ggaveta,gvaeta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gaveta - 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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Using “gaveta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-V-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “gazeta” - see the side-by-side comparison. gaveta vs gazeta
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.