teve

verb

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The verdict

“teve” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#293
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do verbo ter

Corpus desk

Index PT-teve · teve · Portuguese

teve · rank #293 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #293
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH temos

Nearest frequency peer: temos (-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 “teve”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “teve” 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).

teve vs the
50% similar
teve vs tre
50% similar
teve vs tie
50% similar

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

Key facts for teve
PropertyValue
Headwordteve
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#293
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “teve”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tevecai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “temos” (#292), “área” (#294), “dela” (#295). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “teve” fica em #293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around teve, averb. Corpus frequency is #293 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do verbo ter".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for teve, with forms such as "etve", "teev", and "tevve". 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, "the", "tre", "tie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is teve, spelled T-E-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do verbo ter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how teve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ele, ela, você teve
  2. E outros em quem poder não teve a morte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etve
  • teev
  • tevve
  • tteve
  • tvee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teve - 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.

etve2teev2tevve1tteve1tvee2
Edit distance from "teve"

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 "teve"?
"teve" is spelled T-E-V-E.
What does "teve" mean?
As a verb, "teve" means: terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do verbo ter
What words are commonly confused with "teve"?
"teve" is commonly confused with "the", "tre", "tie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "teve" come from?
"teve" 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 "teve", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

área#294dela#295sair#290site#301

Similar misspelling depth

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

amor5 variantslogo5 variantsdele5 variantsdisso5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list