lavar

//lɐ.ˈvaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,336

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lavar is aPortugueseverb. It means: limpar (algo) por ação de um líquido, especialmente água Pronounced /lɐ.ˈvaɾ/. It ranks #3,336 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with leva and luva.

Key facts for lavar
PropertyValue
Headwordlavar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/lɐ.ˈvaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,336
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for lavar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /lɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,336 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for lavar, with forms such as "alvar", "laavr", and "lavarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "leva", "luva", "luar", 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 lavar, spelled L-A-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    limpar (algo) por ação de um líquido, especialmente água
  2. 2
    cercar ou passar junto de; banhar
  3. 3
    tornar (cor) mais suave, misturando com água; diluir
  4. 4
    tornar legal (dinheiro ilícito) por meio de fraude
  5. 5
    dar ou tomar banho
  6. 6
    trabalhar como lavadeira

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alvar,laavr,lavarr,lavvar,llavar,lvaar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lavar

Misspelling Variants of "lavar"

alvar5laavr5lavarr6lavvar6llavar6lvaar5
Misspelling Variants of "lavar"

Frequency rank: #3,336 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lavar"?
"lavar" is spelled L-A-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /lɐ.ˈvaɾ/.
What does "lavar" mean?
As a verb, "lavar" means: limpar (algo) por ação de um líquido, especialmente água
What words are commonly confused with "lavar"?
"lavar" is commonly confused with "leva", "luva", "luar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavar" is /lɐ.ˈvaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavar" come from?
"lavar" 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 L 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.