raiva

//ˈRaj.vɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,906

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

raiva is aPortuguesenoun. It means: doença infecciosa aguda causada por um vírus de ARN da família dos rabdovírus, transmitida ao homem pela mordida de animais infectados, como o cão, gato, lobo etc., caracterizada por lesões do sist... Pronounced /ˈRaj.vɐ/. It ranks #1,906 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with raiz and rima.

Key facts for raiva
PropertyValue
Headwordraiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRaj.vɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,906
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for raiva is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈRaj.vɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,906 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for raiva, with forms such as "ariva", "raiav", and "raivva". 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, "raiz", "rima", "rama", 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 raiva, spelled R-A-I-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    doença infecciosa aguda causada por um vírus de ARN da família dos rabdovírus, transmitida ao homem pela mordida de animais infectados, como o cão, gato, lobo etc., caracterizada por lesões do sistema nervoso central que provocam convulsão, tetania e paralisia respiratória; hidrofobia
  2. 2
    acesso de fúria; arrebatamento violento; cólera, ira
  3. 3
    sentimento de irritação, agressividade, rancor e/ou frustração, motivados por aborrecimento, injustiça ou rejeição sofridas, etc
  4. 4
    aversão em relação a algo ou alguém; ódio, horror, ojeriza
  5. 5
    apetite intenso
  6. 6
    desejo veemente; anelo
  7. 7
    forte paixão amorosa
  8. 8
    prurido que ocorre nas gengivas das crianças, durante a dentição; raivinhas
  9. 9
    biscoito seco feito com farinha de trigo, manteiga, ovos e açúcar, a que frequentemente se dá a forma de arabescos caligráficos de intrincados padrões; raivinha

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ariva,raiav,raivva,ravia,riava,rraiva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for raiva

Misspelling Variants of "raiva"

ariva5raiav5raivva6ravia5riava5rraiva6
Misspelling Variants of "raiva"

Frequency rank: #1,906 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raiva"?
"raiva" is spelled R-A-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRaj.vɐ/.
What does "raiva" mean?
As a noun, "raiva" means: doença infecciosa aguda causada por um vírus de ARN da família dos rabdovírus, transmitida ao homem pela mordida de animais infectados, como o cão, gato, lobo etc., caracterizada por lesões do sist...
What words are commonly confused with "raiva"?
"raiva" is commonly confused with "raiz", "rima", "rama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raiva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raiva" is /ˈRaj.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raiva" come from?
"raiva" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.