escamotear
/iʃ.kɐ.mu.ˈtjaɾ/
The verdict
“escamotear” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esconder; fazer desaparecer
Corpus desk
Index PT-escamotear · escamotear · Portuguese
escamotear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escamotear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʃ.kɐ.mu.ˈtjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “escamotear” em português
Rare enough to double-check
escamotear is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /iʃ.kɐ.mu.ˈtjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escamotear, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is escamotear, spelled E-S-C-A-M-O-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1esconder; fazer desaparecer
- 2se encontrar encoberto por rodeios, desculpas, subterfúgios
- 3roubar; surrupiar
- 4retirar do pensamento
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.