engenho
\ẽ.ʒˈɐ.ɲu\
The verdict
“engenho” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engenho.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engenho · engenho · French
engenho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engenho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ẽ.ʒˈɐ.ɲu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « engenho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
engenho is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ẽ.ʒˈɐ.ɲu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Engenho.".
engenho has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is engenho, spelled E-N-G-E-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1Engenho.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engenho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lá, sem ser senhor de engenho…
Muita coisa recordava ainda o velho Ilhéus de antes. Não o do tempo dos engenhos, das pobres plantações de café, dos senhores nobres, dos negros escravos, da casa ilustre dos Ávilas. Desse passado remoto sobravam apenas vagas lembranças, só mesmo o Doutor se preocupava com ele.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.