haver
/ɐ.ˈveɾ/
The verdict
“haver” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,614
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ser bem-sucedido na consecução de; obter
Corpus desk
Index PT-haver · haver · Portuguese
haver · rank #1,614 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,614
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH K
Nearest frequency peer: K (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “haver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- câncer
câncer
98,394 corpus weight
- engraçado
engraçado
98,391 corpus weight
- expressão
expressão
98,390 corpus weight
- haver
haver
98,387 corpus weight
- K
K
98,385 corpus weight
- lua
lua
98,382 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “haver” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | haver |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈveɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haver” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around haver (IPA /ɐ.ˈveɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,614 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for haver, with forms such as "ahver", "haevr", and "haverr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "her", "havia", "Homer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is haver, spelled H-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1ser bem-sucedido na consecução de; obter
- 2ser proprietário de; possuir
- 3experimentar (uma sensação física, psicológica ou moral); sentir
- 4ter existência (material ou abstrata); existir
- 5estar ou encontrar-se concretamente em determinado lugar ou situação
- 6ter transcorrido ou ser decorrido (tempo)
- 7ser ou tornar-se realidade no tempo e no espaço; acontecer, realizar-se
- 8ocorrer por acaso ou como efeito de um processo; acontecer
- 9receber de volta; reaver
- 10formar ou manter uma opinião ou ideia a respeito de; julgar, reputar, considerar
- 11proceder socialmente; conduzir-se
- 12dar conta de; lidar com, sair-se
- 13andar às voltas com; arcar
- 14ter trato com
- 15prestar contas a; avir-se
- 16, verbo auxiliar nos tempos verbais compostos: pretérito perfeito, mais-que-perfeito e futuro do presente (do indicativo e subjuntivo).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Não houve a prebenda a que almejava.
Houvemos-lhe o necessário alvará.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahver
- haevr
- haverr
- havre
- havver
- hhaver
- hvaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haver - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haver", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.