leaves
/liːvz/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“leaves” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,079
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,251
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - folhas
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 | leaves |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /liːvz/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leaves” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around leaves (IPA /liːvz/ ouvir^(fonte ?)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,079 among 1,251 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "folhas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for leaves, with forms such as "elaves", "laeves", and "leaevs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "leve", "levas", "leave", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is leaves, spelled L-E-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1folhas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elaves
- laeves
- leaevs
- leavess
- leavse
- leavves
- levaes
- lleaves
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leaves - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “leaves”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-A-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /liːvz/ ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “leve” - see the side-by-side comparison. leaves vs leve
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.