gavião
/ɡɐ.ˈvjɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“gavião” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,661
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arisco, matreiro (diz-se de cavalo)
Corpus desk
Index PT-gaviao · gavião · Portuguese
gavião · rank #24,661 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,661
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH français
Nearest frequency peer: français (-5 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 “gavião”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- fores
fores
75,350 corpus weight
- forjar
forjar
75,348 corpus weight
- framboesa
framboesa
75,347 corpus weight
- français
français
75,345 corpus weight
- gavião
gavião
75,340 corpus weight
- guest
guest
75,333 corpus weight
What this shows “gavião” 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 | gavião |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.ˈvjɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gavião”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around gavião (IPA /ɡɐ.ˈvjɐ̃w̃/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,661 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gavião, with forms such as "agvião", "gaivão", and "gavioã". 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, "Gabão", "galão", "galeão", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gavião, spelled G-A-V-I-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1arisco, matreiro (diz-se de cavalo)
- 2relativo a gavião ou aos gaviões; diguti
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agvião
- gaivão
- gavioã
- gavvião
- gavãio
- ggavião
- gvaião
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gavião - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gavião", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).