effort

/ˈɛfət/

//ˈɛfət// noun

The verdict

“effort” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,689 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,689
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esforço

Corpus desk

Index PT-effort · effort · Portuguese

effort · rank #74,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,689
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH eats

Nearest frequency peer: eats (-7 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 “effort”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “effort” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for effort
PropertyValue
Headwordeffort
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɛfət/
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “effort” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).effortcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “eats” (#74,682), “endereçar” (#74,702), “enervar” (#74,703). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “effort” fica em #74,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

effort is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,689 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛfət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esforço".

No generated misspelling entries exist for effort in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 effort, spelled E-F-F-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    esforço

Synonyms

endeavorendeavourstruggle

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 "effort"?
"effort" is spelled E-F-F-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛfət/.
What does "effort" mean?
As a noun, "effort" means: esforço
How do you pronounce "effort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effort" is /ˈɛfət/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "effort", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list