entoar

/ẽ.ˈtwaɾ/

//ẽ.ˈtwaɾ// verb

The verdict

“entoar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,154 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,154
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar tom a, iniciar (um canto)

Corpus desk

Index PT-entoar · entoar · Portuguese

entoar · rank #62,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,154
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH enfadonho

Nearest frequency peer: enfadonho (-3 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 “entoar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entoar
PropertyValue
Headwordentoar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ẽ.ˈtwaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “entoar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).entoarcai 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: “enfadonho” (#62,151), “emoldurar” (#62,146), “estola” (#62,167). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “entoar” fica em #62,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entoar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,154 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.ˈtwaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

entoar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is entoar, spelled E-N-T-O-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar tom a, iniciar (um canto)
  2. 2
    cantar afinadamente
  3. 3
    encaminhar, dirigir

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 "entoar"?
"entoar" is spelled E-N-T-O-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.ˈtwaɾ/.
What does "entoar" mean?
As a verb, "entoar" means: dar tom a, iniciar (um canto)
How do you pronounce "entoar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entoar" is /ẽ.ˈtwaɾ/. 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 "entoar", 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