vovó

//vɔ.ˈvɔ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,704

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vovó is aPortuguesenoun. It means: avó Pronounced /vɔ.ˈvɔ/. It ranks #8,704 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with voz and vox.

Key facts for vovó
PropertyValue
Headwordvovó
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɔ.ˈvɔ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,704
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for vovó is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɔ.ˈvɔ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,704 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "avó".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vovó, with forms such as "ovvó", "vovvó", and "voóv". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voz", "vox", "vão", 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 vovó, spelled V-O-V-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    avó

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovvó,vovvó,voóv,vvovó,vvoó

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vovó

Misspelling Variants of "vovó"

ovvó4vovvó5voóv4vvovó5vvoó4
Misspelling Variants of "vovó"

Frequency rank: #8,704 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vovó"?
"vovó" is spelled V-O-V-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is /vɔ.ˈvɔ/.
What does "vovó" mean?
As a noun, "vovó" means: avó
What words are commonly confused with "vovó"?
"vovó" is commonly confused with "voz", "vox", "vão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vovó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vovó" is /vɔ.ˈvɔ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vovó" come from?
"vovó" 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 V in our Portuguese index:

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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.