eclusa

noun

The verdict

“eclusa” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #98,677 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#98,677
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta

Key facts for eclusa
PropertyValue
Headwordeclusa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,677
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “eclusa” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). eclusa lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for eclusa is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #98,677 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta

Synonyms

esclusa

This word in other languages

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 "eclusa"?
"eclusa" is spelled E-C-L-U-S-A.
What does "eclusa" mean?
As a noun, "eclusa" means: represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta
What language does "eclusa" come from?
"eclusa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “eclusa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-C-L-U-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list