gaveta

Name: gaveta, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gaveta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,475
frequency rank, Portuguese: 521
“G” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - compartimento horizontal, sem tampa e corrediço que se puxa de um móvel para se ter acesso a ele

Corpus desk

Index PT-gaveta · gaveta · Portuguese

gaveta · rank #11,475 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,475
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 521
PHOTO-FINISH gastronomia

Nearest frequency peer: gastronomia (-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.

François

88,531
fértil

88,530
gastronomia

88,527
gaveta

88,526
gazeta

88,525
impedimento

88,521

What this shows “gaveta” 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).

gaveta vs gazeta

83% similar

gaveta vs galera

67% similar

gaveta vs gaivota

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gaveta
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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “gaveta”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.gavetacai aqui:

#11,475

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “gastronomia” (#11,474), “gazeta” (#11,476), “fértil” (#11,471). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gaveta” fica em #11,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gaveta, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,475 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
compartimento horizontal, sem tampa e corrediço que se puxa de um móvel para se ter acesso a ele
2
área, dentro do espaço determinado pela trave e o piso do campo, que é bem próxima simultaneamente ao poste horizontal e ao vertical
3
compartimento na estrutura de um cemitério vertical em que os restos mortais de um falecido são depositados

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gaveta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Preciso arrumar as gavetas do meu armário, está uma bagunça!
O atacante pegou de primeira, meteu a bola na gaveta, sem chance para o goleiro.

Synonyms

lóculo

This word in other languages

drawer(English)cajón(Español)tiroir(Français)Schublade(Deutsch)

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.

Edit distance from "gaveta"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gaveta"?

"gaveta" is spelled G-A-V-E-T-A.

What does "gaveta" mean?

As a noun, "gaveta" means: compartimento horizontal, sem tampa e corrediço que se puxa de um móvel para se ter acesso a ele

What words are commonly confused with "gaveta"?

"gaveta" is commonly confused with "gazeta", "galera", "gaivota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "gaveta" come from?

"gaveta" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gaveta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gazeta#11,476 fértil#11,471 facial#11,459 morder#11,503

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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