nuvem

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,218

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

nuvem is aPortuguesenoun. It means: conjunto visível de vapores de água e de cristais de gelo em suspensão na atmosfera, que dão origem às chuvas It ranks #6,218 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with nem and num.

Key facts for nuvem
PropertyValue
Headwordnuvem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,218
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nuvem is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #6,218 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for nuvem, with forms such as "nnuvem", "nuevm", and "nuvemm". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "nem", "num", "nove", 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 nuvem, spelled N-U-V-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto visível de vapores de água e de cristais de gelo em suspensão na atmosfera, que dão origem às chuvas
  2. 2
    porção de fumaça, pó ou outras partículas que se eleva no ar
  3. 3
    multidão, grande quantidade de coisas em movimento
  4. 4
    embaçamento ou obscurecimento da visão
  5. 5
    o que dificulta a percepção dos fatos
  6. 6
    coletivo de gafanhotos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnuvem,nuevm,nuvemm,nuvme,nuvvem,nvuem,unvem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nuvem

Misspelling Variants of "nuvem"

nnuvem6nuevm5nuvemm6nuvme5nuvvem6nvuem5unvem5
Misspelling Variants of "nuvem"

Frequency rank: #6,218 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nuvem"?
"nuvem" is spelled N-U-V-E-M.
What does "nuvem" mean?
As a noun, "nuvem" means: conjunto visível de vapores de água e de cristais de gelo em suspensão na atmosfera, que dão origem às chuvas
What words are commonly confused with "nuvem"?
"nuvem" is commonly confused with "nem", "num", "nove". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "nuvem" come from?
"nuvem" 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.