escarpa
/iʃ.ˈkaɾ.pɐ/
The verdict
“escarpa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,166 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,166
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terreno de declive muito acentuado
Corpus desk
Index PT-escarpa · escarpa · Portuguese
escarpa · rank #66,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,166
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Essen
Nearest frequency peer: Essen (+4 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “escarpa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- duce
duce
33,856 corpus weight
- ducto
ducto
33,855 corpus weight
- eclodir
eclodir
33,852 corpus weight
- engomar
engomar
33,841 corpus weight
- escarpa
escarpa
33,835 corpus weight
- Essen
Essen
33,831 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “escarpa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escarpa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈkaɾ.pɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “escarpa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
escarpa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,166 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈkaɾ.pɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "terreno de declive muito acentuado".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escarpa, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is escarpa, spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A.
Definition
- 1terreno de declive muito acentuado
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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