gengiva

/ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ/

//ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ// noun

The verdict

“gengiva” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,040
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção de mucosa bucal que cobre as arcadas alveolares, incluindo os espaços entre os dentes

Corpus desk

Index PT-gengiva · gengiva · Portuguese

gengiva · rank #36,040 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,040
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH fútbol

Nearest frequency peer: fútbol (-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 “gengiva”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “gengiva” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gengiva
PropertyValue
Headwordgengiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,040
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “gengiva”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gengivacai aqui:

#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 “fútbol” (#36,035), “graxa” (#36,045), “fundamentado” (#36,034). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gengiva” fica em #36,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gengiva (IPA /ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,040 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "porção de mucosa bucal que cobre as arcadas alveolares, incluindo os espaços entre os dentes".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gengiva, with forms such as "egngiva", "gegniva", and "genggiva". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is gengiva, spelled G-E-N-G-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção de mucosa bucal que cobre as arcadas alveolares, incluindo os espaços entre os dentes

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egngiva
  • gegniva
  • genggiva
  • gengiav
  • gengivva
  • gengvia
  • genigva
  • genngiva
  • ggengiva
  • gnegiva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gengiva - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egngiva2gegniva2genggiva1gengiav2gengivva1gengvia2genigva2genngiva1
Edit distance from "gengiva"

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 "gengiva"?
"gengiva" is spelled G-E-N-G-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ/.
What does "gengiva" mean?
As a noun, "gengiva" means: porção de mucosa bucal que cobre as arcadas alveolares, incluindo os espaços entre os dentes
What are common misspellings of "gengiva"?
Common misspellings include "egngiva", "gegniva", "genggiva", "gengiav", "gengivva". The correct spelling is "gengiva".
How do you pronounce "gengiva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gengiva" is /ʒẽ.ˈʒi.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gengiva" come from?
"gengiva" 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 "gengiva", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list