greve

/ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/

//ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ// noun

The verdict

“greve” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,406
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-greve · greve · Portuguese

greve · rank #3,406 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,406
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH guardar

Nearest frequency peer: guardar (+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 “greve”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “greve” 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).

greve vs grey
60% similar
greve vs gripe
60% similar
greve vs grife
60% similar

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

Key facts for greve
PropertyValue
Headwordgreve
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,406
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “greve”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).grevecai 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 “guardar” (#3,407), “gravação” (#3,404), “Hugo” (#3,408). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “greve” fica em #3,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around greve (IPA /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,406 among 521 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for greve, with forms such as "gerve", "ggreve", and "greev". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grey", "gripe", "grife", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is greve, spelled G-R-E-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Antes, por sinal, os usuários do Aeroporto de Cumbica padeceram horas nas filas até as salas de embarque por conta de uma operação-padrão, ou greve branca, desencadeada pelos funcionários da Infraero, para terem as suas reivindicações salariais atendidas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gerve
  • ggreve
  • greev
  • grevve
  • grreve
  • grvee
  • rgeve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greve - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gerve2ggreve1greev2grevve1grreve1grvee2rgeve2
Edit distance from "greve"

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 "greve"?
"greve" is spelled G-R-E-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/.
What does "greve" mean?
As a noun, "greve" means: paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento
What words are commonly confused with "greve"?
"greve" is commonly confused with "grey", "gripe", "grife". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "greve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "greve" is /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "greve" come from?
"greve" 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 "greve", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list