escarpas
/ɪʃ.ˈkah.pɐʃ/
The verdict
“escarpas” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,129 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,129
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de escarpa
Corpus desk
Index PT-escarpas · escarpas · Portuguese
escarpas · rank #68,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,129
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH explanar
Nearest frequency peer: explanar (+14 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 “escarpas”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escarpas
escarpas
31,872 corpus weight
- explanar
explanar
31,858 corpus weight
- extremely
extremely
31,857 corpus weight
- feirante
feirante
31,851 corpus weight
- fisgada
fisgada
31,848 corpus weight
- formativo
formativo
31,846 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “escarpas” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escarpas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪʃ.ˈkah.pɐʃ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “escarpas” em português
Rare enough to double-check
escarpas is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,129 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪʃ.ˈkah.pɐʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de escarpa".
escarpas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is escarpas, spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-A-S.
Definition
- 1plural de escarpa
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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