escarrapachado
/iʃ.kɐ.Rɐ.pɐ.ˈʃa.du/
The verdict
“escarrapachado” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que está sentado com as pernas excessivamente abertas ao redor de alguma coisa; escarranchado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escarrapachado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.kɐ.Rɐ.pɐ.ˈʃa.du/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escarrapachado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for escarrapachado is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.kɐ.Rɐ.pɐ.ˈʃa.du/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for escarrapachado, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is escarrapachado, spelled E-S-C-A-R-R-A-P-A-C-H-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que está sentado com as pernas excessivamente abertas ao redor de alguma coisa; escarranchado
- 2que acabou por cair no chão; estatelado
- 3que se sentou de maneira despreocupada
- 4que senta sem se preocupar com as boas maneiras
Synonyms
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.
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Using “escarrapachado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-C-A-R-R-A-P-A-C-H-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.kɐ.Rɐ.pɐ.ˈʃa.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.