esfíncter
/iʃ.ˈfĩk.tɛɾ/
The verdict
“esfíncter” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,530 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,530
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - músculo circular responsável por fechar ou abrir dutos do corpo
Corpus desk
Index PT-esfincter · esfíncter · Portuguese
esfíncter · rank #55,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,530
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esotérico
Nearest frequency peer: esotérico (+2 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 “esfíncter”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- elipse
elipse
44,486 corpus weight
- encarnar
encarnar
44,482 corpus weight
- epitáfio
epitáfio
44,477 corpus weight
- esfíncter
esfíncter
44,471 corpus weight
- esotérico
esotérico
44,469 corpus weight
- estrado
estrado
44,461 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esfíncter” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfíncter |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈfĩk.tɛɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esfíncter” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esfíncter is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,530 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈfĩk.tɛɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "músculo circular responsável por fechar ou abrir dutos do corpo".
No misspelling variants are generated for esfíncter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 esfíncter, spelled E-S-F-Í-N-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1músculo circular responsável por fechar ou abrir dutos do corpo
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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