escopeta

/ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/.

//ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/./ noun

The verdict

“escopeta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,296 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,296
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espingarda antiga e curta, de carregar pela culatra

Corpus desk

Index PT-escopeta · escopeta · Portuguese

escopeta · rank #57,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,296
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esporão

Nearest frequency peer: esporão (+5 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 “escopeta”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “escopeta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for escopeta
PropertyValue
Headwordescopeta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/.
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “escopeta” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.escopetacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “esporão” (#57,301), “estorvo” (#57,306), “embriologia” (#57,285). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “escopeta” fica em #57,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

escopeta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,296 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for escopeta in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is escopeta, spelled E-S-C-O-P-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    espingarda antiga e curta, de carregar pela culatra
  2. 2
    tiro dessa espingarda

Synonyms

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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 "escopeta"?
"escopeta" is spelled E-S-C-O-P-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/..
What does "escopeta" mean?
As a noun, "escopeta" means: espingarda antiga e curta, de carregar pela culatra
How do you pronounce "escopeta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escopeta" is /ɛs.kɔ.'pɛ.ta/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list