shave
The verdict
“shave” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,620 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,620
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eliminar pelos os cortando rente à pele, raspar fora os pelos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shave |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shave” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shave is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,620 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for shave in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is shave, spelled S-H-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1eliminar pelos os cortando rente à pele, raspar fora os pelos
- 2barbear
- 3fazer a barba
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.
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Using “shave”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-H-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.