esforço
/iʃ.ˈfoɾ.su/
The verdict
“esforço” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,924. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,924
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fato de exercer seus poderes físicos ou mentais
Corpus desk
Index PT-esforco · esforço · Portuguese
esforço · rank #1,924 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,924
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH en
Nearest frequency peer: en (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “esforço”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- discutir
discutir
98,081 corpus weight
- dom
dom
98,080 corpus weight
- en
en
98,079 corpus weight
- esforço
esforço
98,077 corpus weight
- excelente
excelente
98,075 corpus weight
- figura
figura
98,072 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “esforço” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | esforço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈfoɾ.su/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “esforço” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around esforço (IPA /iʃ.ˈfoɾ.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,924 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for esforço, with forms such as "efsorço", "esfforço", and "esforoç". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "esterco", "eufórico", "esforçar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is esforço, spelled E-S-F-O-R-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1o fato de exercer seus poderes físicos ou mentais
- 2uma tentativa séria e honesta de fazer algo
- 3a quantidade de trabalho necessária para obter um resultado
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esforço appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vai ser necessário um grande esforço de todos para obtermos a vitória final tão almejada.
Vamos fazer um esforço de respeitar a agenda da reunião.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efsorço
- esfforço
- esforoç
- esforrço
- esfoçro
- esfroço
- esofrço
- essforço
- seforço
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esforço - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "esforço", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "esforço". Here's where to go from here.
- "esforço" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "esterco". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,924 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.