nave
/ˈna.vɨ/
The verdict
“nave” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,499
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte do templo destinado aos fiéis
Corpus desk
Index PT-nave · nave · Portuguese
nave · rank #4,499 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,499
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH multa
Nearest frequency peer: multa (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nave”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- min
min
95,506 corpus weight
- Moçambique
Moçambique
95,505 corpus weight
- multa
multa
95,503 corpus weight
- nave
nave
95,502 corpus weight
- paraíba
paraíba
95,501 corpus weight
- perca
perca
95,499 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nave” 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 | nave |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈna.vɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “nave” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around nave (IPA /ˈna.vɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,499 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nave, with forms such as "anve", "naev", and "navve". 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, "né", "nay", "novo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nave, spelled N-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1parte do templo destinado aos fiéis
- 2espaço longitudinal entre duas fileiras de colunas
- 3navio; nau
- 4espaçonave
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anve
- naev
- navve
- nnave
- nvae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nave - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nave", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "nave". Here's where to go from here.
- "nave" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "né". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,499 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.