enxada

//ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,913

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

enxada is aPortuguesenoun. It means: instrumento que consiste em uma lâmina de metal, com um orifício na parte oposta ao gume em que se encaixa um cabo em sentido perpendicular, usado para capinar, revolver ou cavar a terra, misturar ... Pronounced /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Often confused with espada and escada.

Key facts for enxada
PropertyValue
Headwordenxada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,913
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enxada in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for enxada is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,913 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for enxada, with forms such as "enaxda", "ennxada", and "enxaad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "espada", "escada", "enxame", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is enxada, spelled E-N-X-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento que consiste em uma lâmina de metal, com um orifício na parte oposta ao gume em que se encaixa um cabo em sentido perpendicular, usado para capinar, revolver ou cavar a terra, misturar argamassas, concretos etc
  2. 2
    operário rural; trabalhador de enxada
  3. 3
    ocupação, trabalho do qual se extraem os meios de subsistência; ofício, profissão, ganha-pão
  4. 4
    peixe teleósteo (Chaetodipterus faber), perciforme, da família dos efipídeos, que ocorre no Atlântico ocidental, em pedras e recifes de corais, de até 90 cm de comprimento, corpo discóide prateado, com três a cinco faixas transversais negras, mais visíveis nos jovens; paru, paru-branco, tareira
  5. 5
    o mesmo que paru (Pomacanthus arcuatus e Pomacantus paru)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enaxda,ennxada,enxaad,enxadda,enxdaa,enxxada,exnada,nexada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enxada

Misspelling Variants of "enxada"

enaxda6ennxada7enxaad6enxadda7enxdaa6enxxada7exnada6nexada6
Misspelling Variants of "enxada"

Frequency rank: #42,913 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enxada"?
"enxada" is spelled E-N-X-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/.
What does "enxada" mean?
As a noun, "enxada" means: instrumento que consiste em uma lâmina de metal, com um orifício na parte oposta ao gume em que se encaixa um cabo em sentido perpendicular, usado para capinar, revolver ou cavar a terra, misturar ...
What words are commonly confused with "enxada"?
"enxada" is commonly confused with "espada", "escada", "enxame". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enxada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enxada" is /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enxada" come from?
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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.