nivelar

/ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/

//ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ// verb

The verdict

“nivelar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,057
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr ao mesmo nível

Corpus desk

Index PT-nivelar · nivelar · Portuguese

nivelar · rank #49,057 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,057
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH octógono

Nearest frequency peer: octógono (+7 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 “nivelar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “nivelar” 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).

nivelar vs navegar
71% similar
nivelar vs nivelado
75% similar

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

Key facts for nivelar
PropertyValue
Headwordnivelar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,057
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “nivelar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.nivelarcai 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 “octógono” (#49,064), “mirtilo” (#49,044), “mirra” (#49,042). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nivelar” fica em #49,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around nivelar (IPA /ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,057 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nivelar, with forms such as "invelar", "nievlar", and "nivealr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "navegar", "nivelado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is nivelar, spelled N-I-V-E-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr ao mesmo nível
  2. 2
    aplanar
  3. 3
    tornar horizontal

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • invelar
  • nievlar
  • nivealr
  • nivelarr
  • nivellar
  • nivelra
  • nivlear
  • nivvelar
  • nnivelar
  • nvielar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

invelar2nievlar2nivealr2nivelarr1nivellar1nivelra2nivlear2nivvelar1
Edit distance from "nivelar"

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 "nivelar"?
"nivelar" is spelled N-I-V-E-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "nivelar" mean?
As a verb, "nivelar" means: pôr ao mesmo nível
What words are commonly confused with "nivelar"?
"nivelar" is commonly confused with "navegar", "nivelado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nivelar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nivelar" is /ni.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nivelar" come from?
"nivelar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nivelar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list