neve

//ˈnɛ.vɨ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,787

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

neve is aPortuguesenoun. It means: precipitação de cristais de gelo, frequentemente agrupados em flocos e formados pelo congelamento do vapor de água que se encontra suspenso na atmosfera Pronounced /ˈnɛ.vɨ/. It ranks #3,787 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with new and novo.

Key facts for neve
PropertyValue
Headwordneve
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈnɛ.vɨ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,787
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for neve is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɛ.vɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,787 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for neve, with forms such as "enve", "neev", and "nevve". 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, "new", "novo", "nome", 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 neve, spelled N-E-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    precipitação de cristais de gelo, frequentemente agrupados em flocos e formados pelo congelamento do vapor de água que se encontra suspenso na atmosfera
  2. 2
    floco ou conjunto de flocos desses cristais
  3. 3
    frio excessivo
  4. 4
    a cor branca muito alva
  5. 5
    cabelos brancos
  6. 6
    iguaria preparada com açúcar, leite ou suco de frutas; sorvete
  7. 7
    conjunto de pontos brancos e diminutos que se formam na tela de televisor ou radar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enve,neev,nevve,nneve,nvee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for neve

Misspelling Variants of "neve"

enve4neev4nevve5nneve5nvee4
Misspelling Variants of "neve"

Frequency rank: #3,787 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neve"?
"neve" is spelled N-E-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnɛ.vɨ/.
What does "neve" mean?
As a noun, "neve" means: precipitação de cristais de gelo, frequentemente agrupados em flocos e formados pelo congelamento do vapor de água que se encontra suspenso na atmosfera
What words are commonly confused with "neve"?
"neve" is commonly confused with "new", "novo", "nome". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "neve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neve" is /ˈnɛ.vɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neve" come from?
"neve" 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 N 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.