suave

/ˈswa.vɨ/

//ˈswa.vɨ// adj

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The verdict

“suave” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,184
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agradável aos sentidos

Corpus desk

Index PT-suave · suave · Portuguese

suave · rank #4,184 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,184
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sintomas

Nearest frequency peer: sintomas (-1 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 “suave”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suave” 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).

suave vs sue
60% similar
suave vs Sure
40% similar
suave vs sucre
60% similar

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

Key facts for suave
PropertyValue
Headwordsuave
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈswa.vɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,184
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “suave”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).suavecai 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 “sintomas” (#4,183), “suspensão” (#4,185), “Simon” (#4,182). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “suave” fica em #4,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around suave (IPA /ˈswa.vɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,184 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for suave, with forms such as "sauve", "ssuave", and "suaev". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sue", "Sure", "sucre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is suave, spelled S-U-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    agradável aos sentidos
  2. 2
    que se faz sem custo
  3. 3
    aprazível; brando; doce; leve; meigo; delicado
  4. 4
    quando alguma situação é tranquila, não há problema

Synonyms

arielesco

This word in other languages

soft(English)blando(Español)doux(Français)weich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sauve
  • ssuave
  • suaev
  • suavve
  • suvae
  • usave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suave - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sauve2ssuave1suaev2suavve1suvae2usave2
Edit distance from "suave"

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 "suave"?
"suave" is spelled S-U-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈswa.vɨ/.
What does "suave" mean?
As an adjective, "suave" means: agradável aos sentidos
What words are commonly confused with "suave"?
"suave" is commonly confused with "sue", "Sure", "sucre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suave" is /ˈswa.vɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suave" come from?
"suave" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suave", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Simon#4,182tento#4,187salva#4,180atuar#4,207

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

negar6 variantsMiami6 variantsbotão6 variantsGuiné6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list