levar

verb

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The verdict

“levar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#522
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transportar consigo

Corpus desk

Index PT-levar · levar · Portuguese

levar · rank #522 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #522
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH junto

Nearest frequency peer: junto (-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 “levar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “levar” 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).

levar vs leve
60% similar
levar vs levy
60% similar
levar vs luva
60% similar

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

Key facts for levar
PropertyValue
Headwordlevar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#522
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “levar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).levarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “junto” (#521), “maio” (#523), “ideia” (#520). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “levar” fica em #522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around levar, averb. Corpus frequency is #522 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for levar, with forms such as "elvar", "leavr", and "levarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "leve", "levy", "luva", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 levar, spelled L-E-V-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transportar consigo
  2. 2
    comprar, adquirir
  3. 3
    conduzir
  4. 4
    arrastar
  5. 5
    ter direcionado a si (algo)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dessas duas tevês que o moço te mostrou, qual você vai levar
  2. Abrimos mão de controlar a pandemia e o vírus está nos levando para onde deseja.

Synonyms

receber

This word in other languages

take(English)llevar(Español)tragen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elvar
  • leavr
  • levarr
  • levra
  • levvar
  • llevar
  • lvear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of levar - 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.

elvar2leavr2levarr1levra2levvar1llevar1lvear2
Edit distance from "levar"

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 "levar"?
"levar" is spelled L-E-V-A-R.
What does "levar" mean?
As a verb, "levar" means: transportar consigo
What words are commonly confused with "levar"?
"levar" is commonly confused with "leve", "levy", "luva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "levar" come from?
"levar" 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 "levar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

junto#521ideia#520nessa#524ontem#525

Similar misspelling depth

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

Jesus7 variantsjovem7 variantslivre7 variantsolhos7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list