escantilhão
/es.kaŋ.ti.'ʎoŋ/
The verdict
“escantilhão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cantil, ferramenta de pedreiro, maço de ferro para quebrar pedra
Corpus desk
Index PT-escantilhao · escantilhão · Portuguese
escantilhão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | escantilhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /es.kaŋ.ti.'ʎoŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “escantilhão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
escantilhão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /es.kaŋ.ti.'ʎoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for escantilhão in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is escantilhão, spelled E-S-C-A-N-T-I-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1cantil, ferramenta de pedreiro, maço de ferro para quebrar pedra
- 2espécie de régua usada por canteiros e carpinteiros para igualar superfícies
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.