enxurro

noun

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The verdict

“enxurro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - água de torrente dos caminhos e ruas quando chove, grande quantidade de água

Key facts for enxurro
PropertyValue
Headwordenxurro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enxurro” sits in Portuguese frequency

enxurro falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enxurro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enxurro, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is enxurro, spelled E-N-X-U-R-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    água de torrente dos caminhos e ruas quando chove, grande quantidade de água
  2. 2
    águas sujas
  3. 3
    quantidade súbita, com sentido depreciativo
  4. 4
    líquido da latrina, fluido que escorre do esterco

Synonyms

enxurradaxurro

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enxurro"?
"enxurro" is spelled E-N-X-U-R-R-O.
What does "enxurro" mean?
As a noun, "enxurro" means: água de torrente dos caminhos e ruas quando chove, grande quantidade de água
What language does "enxurro" come from?
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Using “enxurro”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-X-U-R-R-O - 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