negativa

noun

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The verdict

“negativa” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,839
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - avaliação escolar com valor avaliativo inferior à media

Corpus desk

Index PT-negativa · negativa · Portuguese

negativa · rank #4,839 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,839
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pablo

Nearest frequency peer: Pablo (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “negativa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “negativa” 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).

negativa vs negativo
88% similar

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

Key facts for negativa
PropertyValue
Headwordnegativa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,839
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “negativa”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.negativacai 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 “Pablo” (#4,841), “liberal” (#4,831), “provocar” (#4,848). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “negativa” fica em #4,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around negativa, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,839 among 360 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "avaliação escolar com valor avaliativo inferior à media".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for negativa, with forms such as "engativa", "neagtiva", and "negaitva". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "negativo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is negativa, spelled N-E-G-A-T-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    avaliação escolar com valor avaliativo inferior à media

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mãe, tive uma negativa, a português, apenas 4 de 10.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • engativa
  • neagtiva
  • negaitva
  • negatiav
  • negativva
  • negattiva
  • negatvia
  • neggativa
  • negtaiva
  • ngeativa
  • nnegativa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of negativa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

engativa2neagtiva2negaitva2negatiav2negativva1negattiva1negatvia2neggativa1
Edit distance from "negativa"

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 "negativa"?
"negativa" is spelled N-E-G-A-T-I-V-A.
What does "negativa" mean?
As a noun, "negativa" means: avaliação escolar com valor avaliativo inferior à media
What words are commonly confused with "negativa"?
"negativa" is commonly confused with "negativo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "negativa" come from?
"negativa" 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 "negativa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

provocar#4,848inovação#4,829regresso#4,849inocente#4,828

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

indígena11 variantsconcerto11 variantsmotivação11 variantsjurídico11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list