escombros

noun

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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
1,279
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entulho, o que resta em fragmentos da demolição de uma construção

Corpus desk

Index PT-escombros · escombros · Portuguese

escombros · rank #18,853 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,853
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esclarecido

Nearest frequency peer: esclarecido (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “escombros”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “escombros” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for escombros
PropertyValue
Headwordescombros
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,853
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “escombros”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).escombroscai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “esclarecido” (#18,852), “escadaria” (#18,850), “envelhecer” (#18,848). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escombros” fica em #18,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around escombros, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,853 among 1,279 “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

  1. 1
    entulho, o que resta em fragmentos da demolição de uma construção
  2. 2
    destroços; ruínas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how escombros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «fumegante chaos de escombros e de ruínas». Latino, Hist. Pol., I, 17. «...sobre os escombros do seu throno». Idem, Elogios, 346.

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.

ecsombros2esccombros1escmobros2escobmros2escombbros1escombors2escombross1escombrros1
Edit distance from "escombros"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escombros"?
"escombros" is spelled E-S-C-O-M-B-R-O-S.
What does "escombros" mean?
As a noun, "escombros" means: entulho, o que resta em fragmentos da demolição de uma construção
What are common misspellings of "escombros"?
Common misspellings include "ecsombros", "esccombros", "escmobros", "escobmros", "escombbros". The correct spelling is "escombros".
What language does "escombros" come from?
"escombros" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escombros", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

escadaria#18,850distraído#18,837horóscopo#18,889crocodilo#18,815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

iluminados14 variantsinsanidade14 variantschantagem14 variantsautoritário14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list