escaldar
/iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/
The verdict
“escaldar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,184 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,184
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - queimar com líquido ou vapor quente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escaldar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escaldar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escaldar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,184 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 15 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for escaldar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is escaldar, spelled E-S-C-A-L-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1queimar com líquido ou vapor quente
- 2queimar por contato com metal ou superfície quente
- 3submergir um instante em água fervendo ou muito quente; deitar água a ferver ou muito quente em
- 4ressecar
- 5queimar-se, sofrer queimadura
- 6esterilizar
- 7refogar, guisar
- 8causar febre ou produzir calor
- 9estar muito quente, queimar
- 10cobrar um preço abusivo, estar muito caro
- 11perturbar, inquietar
- 12exaltar
- 13castigar, servir de castigo
- 14escarmentar, apreender a lição da vida
- 15dar lição de vida a
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.
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Using “escaldar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-C-A-L-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/ (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
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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.