enxuto
/ẽ.ˈʃu.tu/
The verdict
“enxuto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,922 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,922
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - seco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enxuto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ẽ.ˈʃu.tu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enxuto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enxuto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,922 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ẽ.ˈʃu.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enxuto, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is enxuto, spelled E-N-X-U-T-O.
Definition
- 1seco
- 2que enxugou
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 "enxuto"?
What does "enxuto" mean?
How do you pronounce "enxuto"?
What language does "enxuto" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “enxuto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-X-U-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ẽ.ˈʃu.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank
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.