escaravelho
/is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/
The verdict
“escaravelho” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #44,343 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,343
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de besouro de esterco da família dos Escarabeídeos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escaravelho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #44,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escaravelho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for escaravelho is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,343 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tipo de besouro de esterco da família dos Escarabeídeos".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for escaravelho, with forms such as "ecsaravelho", "esacravelho", and "escaarvelho". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 escaravelho, spelled E-S-C-A-R-A-V-E-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1tipo de besouro de esterco da família dos Escarabeídeos
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecsaravelho,esacravelho,escaarvelho,escaraevlho,escaravehlo,escaravelhho,escaravellho,escaraveloh,escaravleho,escaravvelho,escarravelho,escarvaelho,esccaravelho,escraavelho,esscaravelho,secaravelho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escaravelho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “escaravelho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-C-A-R-A-V-E-L-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /is.ka.ɾaˈve.ʎu/ (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
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.