relva

/ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/

//ˈRɛɫ.vɐ// noun

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The verdict

“relva” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,464
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erva rasteira

Corpus desk

Index PT-relva · relva · Portuguese

relva · rank #25,464 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,464
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH repentino

Nearest frequency peer: repentino (+3 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 “relva”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “relva” 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).

relva vs rola
60% similar
relva vs reza
60% similar
relva vs rena
60% similar

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

Key facts for relva
PropertyValue
Headwordrelva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,464
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “relva”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.relvacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “repentino” (#25,467), “reformista” (#25,460), “recompensar” (#25,457). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “relva” fica em #25,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around relva (IPA /ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,464 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for relva, with forms such as "erlva", "relav", and "rellva". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "rola", "reza", "rena", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is relva, spelled R-E-L-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    erva rasteira
  2. 2
    o mesmo que grama
  3. 3
    o mesmo que capim
  4. 4
    vegetação espontânea que serve de pasto ao gado ou que se colhe para o alimentar

This word in other languages

hierba(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlva
  • relav
  • rellva
  • relvva
  • revla
  • rleva
  • rrelva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relva - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erlva2relav2rellva1relvva1revla2rleva2rrelva1
Edit distance from "relva"

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 "relva"?
"relva" is spelled R-E-L-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/.
What does "relva" mean?
As a noun, "relva" means: erva rasteira
What words are commonly confused with "relva"?
"relva" is commonly confused with "rola", "reza", "rena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relva" is /ˈRɛɫ.vɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relva" come from?
"relva" 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 "relva", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

posar#25,442shift#25,488trash#25,504árido#25,518

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

abadia7 variantsHammer7 variantshollow7 variantslevas7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list