nove

//ˈnɔ.vɨ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,500

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

nove is aPortuguesenoun. It means: número equivalente a oito mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha nove elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 9 (algarismos arábicos) ou IX (algarismos romanos) Pronounced /ˈnɔ.vɨ/. It ranks #1,500 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with now and noz.

Key facts for nove
PropertyValue
Headwordnove
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈnɔ.vɨ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,500
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nove is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɔ.vɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,500 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "número equivalente a oito mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha nove elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 9 (algarismos arábicos) ou IX (algarismos romanos)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for nove, with forms such as "nnove", "noev", and "novve". 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, "now", "noz", "novo", 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 nove, spelled N-O-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    número equivalente a oito mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha nove elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 9 (algarismos arábicos) ou IX (algarismos romanos)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnove,noev,novve,nvoe,onve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nove

Misspelling Variants of "nove"

nnove5noev4novve5nvoe4onve4
Misspelling Variants of "nove"

Frequency rank: #1,500 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nove"?
"nove" is spelled N-O-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnɔ.vɨ/.
What does "nove" mean?
As a noun, "nove" means: número equivalente a oito mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha nove elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 9 (algarismos arábicos) ou IX (algarismos romanos)
What words are commonly confused with "nove"?
"nove" is commonly confused with "now", "noz", "novo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nove"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nove" is /ˈnɔ.vɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nove" come from?
"nove" 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.