esfregado
The verdict
“esfregado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,062 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,062
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - serviço de esfregar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfregado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esfregado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esfregado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,062 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "serviço de esfregar".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for esfregado, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is esfregado, spelled E-S-F-R-E-G-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1serviço de esfregar
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-F-R-E-G-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.