escumalha
/iʃ.ku.ˈma.ʎɐ/
The verdict
“escumalha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,293 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,293
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resíduo originado da fusão de certos metais (escória) que foi submetido à fusão; escumalho
Corpus desk
Index PT-escumalha · escumalha · Portuguese
escumalha · rank #87,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,293
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esmorecer
Nearest frequency peer: esmorecer (+4 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 “escumalha”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- eclíptica
eclíptica
12,745 corpus weight
- enfeitiçar
enfeitiçar
12,726 corpus weight
- escumalha
escumalha
12,708 corpus weight
- esmorecer
esmorecer
12,704 corpus weight
- exoplaneta
exoplaneta
12,688 corpus weight
- fisga
fisga
12,671 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “escumalha” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escumalha |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ku.ˈma.ʎɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “escumalha” em português
Rare enough to double-check
escumalha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,293 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ku.ˈma.ʎɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for escumalha in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 escumalha, spelled E-S-C-U-M-A-L-H-A.
Definition
- 1resíduo originado da fusão de certos metais (escória) que foi submetido à fusão; escumalho
- 2plebe, ralé
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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