grave

adj

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The verdict

“grave” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,096
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana

Corpus desk

Index PT-grave · grave · Portuguese

grave · rank #2,096 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,096
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH go

Nearest frequency peer: go (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “grave”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “grave” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grave vs gray
60% similar
grave vs greve
80% similar
grave vs gripe
60% similar

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

Key facts for grave
PropertyValue
Headwordgrave
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,096
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “grave”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “go” (#2,095), “honra” (#2,097), “humanidade” (#2,098). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “grave” fica em #2,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around grave, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,096 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grave, with forms such as "garve", "ggrave", and "graev". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gray", "greve", "gripe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is grave, spelled G-R-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana
  2. 2
    preocupante, sério
  3. 3
    diz-se de um vocábulo que tem acento tônico na penúltima sílaba

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Colocar a tarifa de importação com os produtos americanos só levaria a uma situação ainda mais grave.

Synonyms

paroxítono

Antonyms

agudo

This word in other languages

grave(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garve
  • ggrave
  • graev
  • gravve
  • grrave
  • grvae
  • rgave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grave - 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.

garve2ggrave1graev2gravve1grrave1grvae2rgave2
Edit distance from "grave"

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 "grave"?
"grave" is spelled G-R-A-V-E.
What does "grave" mean?
As an adjective, "grave" means: som de baixa frequência, no limite inferior da audição humana
What words are commonly confused with "grave"?
"grave" is commonly confused with "gray", "greve", "gripe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "grave" come from?
"grave" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

honra#2,097ferro#2,093cores#2,088canto#2,082

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

seres7 variantssenti7 variantsrural7 variantsbruno7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list