pave

verb

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The verdict

“pave” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,971 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,971
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pavimentar

Key facts for pave
PropertyValue
Headwordpave
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#84,971
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pave” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pave lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pave is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,971 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pavimentar".

No misspelling variants are generated for pave in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pave, spelled P-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pavimentar

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 "pave"?
"pave" is spelled P-A-V-E.
What does "pave" mean?
As a verb, "pave" means: pavimentar
What language does "pave" come from?
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Using “pave”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list