escova
/iʃ.ˈkɔ.vɐ/
The verdict
“escova” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,061
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utensílio guarnecido de pelos, sedas, fibras de plástico, fios de arame, etc. que serve para limpar; pode ser usado em roupas, tecidos, móveis, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-escova · escova · Portuguese
escova · rank #11,061 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,061
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH embarque
Nearest frequency peer: embarque (-3 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 “escova”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- devoção
devoção
88,948 corpus weight
- ecossistema
ecossistema
88,946 corpus weight
- emancipação
emancipação
88,944 corpus weight
- embarque
embarque
88,943 corpus weight
- escova
escova
88,940 corpus weight
- exagerado
exagerado
88,934 corpus weight
What this shows “escova” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escova |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈkɔ.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “escova”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around escova (IPA /iʃ.ˈkɔ.vɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,061 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for escova, with forms such as "ecsova", "esccova", and "escoav". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "escuta", "esmola", "escreva", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is escova, spelled E-S-C-O-V-A.
Definition
- 1utensílio guarnecido de pelos, sedas, fibras de plástico, fios de arame, etc. que serve para limpar; pode ser usado em roupas, tecidos, móveis, etc
- 2mentira
- 3importuno; maçador
- 4piorno; giesta rasteira
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsova
- esccova
- escoav
- escovva
- escvoa
- esocva
- esscova
- secova
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escova - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escova", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).