greve

//ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,406

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

greve is aPortuguesenoun. It means: paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento Pronounced /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/. It ranks #3,406 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with grey and gripe.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of greve in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for greve is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɾɛ.vɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,406 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "paralisação das atividades de uma escola, fábrica, etc enquanto os alunos ou funcionários esperam que suas reivindicações sejam atendidas pela diretoria do estabelecimento".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for greve, with forms such as "gerve", "ggreve", and "greev". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is greve, spelled G-R-E-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gerve,ggreve,greev,grevve,grreve,grvee,rgeve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for greve

Misspelling Variants of "greve"

gerve5ggreve6greev5grevve6grreve6grvee5rgeve5
Misspelling Variants of "greve"

Frequency rank: #3,406 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.