eclusa
The verdict
“eclusa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,677 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,677
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta
Corpus desk
Index PT-eclusa · eclusa · Portuguese
eclusa · rank #98,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,677
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH endinheirado
Nearest frequency peer: endinheirado (+16 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “eclusa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cálido
cálido
1,388 corpus weight
- dementador
dementador
1,375 corpus weight
- eclusa
eclusa
1,324 corpus weight
- endinheirado
endinheirado
1,308 corpus weight
- estrábico
estrábico
1,282 corpus weight
- exumar
exumar
1,269 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “eclusa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eclusa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “eclusa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
eclusa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,677 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eclusa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is eclusa, spelled E-C-L-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eclusa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A informação de que as obras iniciadas em maio de 2012 vão acabar antes do período de férias foi reiterada pelo governador Geraldo Alckmin na manhã de ontem, durante o início da construção da eclusa da barragem da Penha, na zona leste da cidade.
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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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