severo

adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,966

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

severo is anPortugueseadj. It means: desnecessariamente duro Often confused with severos and seguro.

Key facts for severo
PropertyValue
Headwordsevero
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,966
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for severo is 6 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #10,966 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for severo, with forms such as "esvero", "seevro", and "seveor". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "severos", "seguro", "severa", 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 severo, spelled S-E-V-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    desnecessariamente duro
  2. 2
    sério ou grave na aparência
  3. 3
    grave, crítico
  4. 4
    rigidamente restrito no que diz respeito às maneiras, estilo, gosto etc
  5. 5
    que causa desconforto pelo seu caráter ou condições extremas (diz-se do clima, do frio, do calor etc)
  6. 6
    difícil de aguentar, de realizar
  7. 7
    rigidamente exatos ou metódicos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esvero,seevro,seveor,severro,sevreo,sevvero,ssevero,sveero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for severo

Misspelling Variants of "severo"

esvero6seevro6seveor6severro7sevreo6sevvero7ssevero7sveero6
Misspelling Variants of "severo"

Frequency rank: #10,966 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "severo"?
"severo" is spelled S-E-V-E-R-O.
What does "severo" mean?
As an adj, "severo" means: desnecessariamente duro
What words are commonly confused with "severo"?
"severo" is commonly confused with "severos", "seguro", "severa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "severo" come from?
"severo" 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 S 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.