escombros
The verdict
“escombros” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,853
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - entulho, o que resta em fragmentos da demolição de uma construção
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escombros |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escombros” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around escombros, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,853 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for escombros, with forms such as "ecsombros", "esccombros", and "escmobros". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 escombros, spelled E-S-C-O-M-B-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1entulho, o que resta em fragmentos da demolição de uma construção
- 2destroços; ruínas
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsombros
- esccombros
- escmobros
- escobmros
- escombbros
- escombors
- escombross
- escombrros
- escombrso
- escommbros
- escomrbos
- esocmbros
- esscombros
- secombros
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escombros - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “escombros”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-C-O-M-B-R-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.