usavam
/ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/
The verdict
“usavam” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,123
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar
Corpus desk
Index PT-usavam · usavam · Portuguese
usavam · rank #9,123 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,123
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH tumor
Nearest frequency peer: tumor (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “usavam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- treta
treta
90,881 corpus weight
- tumor
tumor
90,879 corpus weight
- usavam
usavam
90,878 corpus weight
- uva
uva
90,877 corpus weight
- verbo
verbo
90,875 corpus weight
- vocal
vocal
90,873 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “usavam” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | usavam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “usavam” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around usavam (IPA /ʊ.ˈza.vɐ̃/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,123 among 147 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for usavam, with forms such as "suavam", "uasvam", and "usaavm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is usavam, spelled U-S-A-V-A-M.
Definition
- 1terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo usar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- suavam
- uasvam
- usaavm
- usavamm
- usavma
- usavvam
- ussavam
- usvaam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usavam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,123 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.