esfregão
/eʃ.fɾe.ˈgɐ̃w/
The verdict
“esfregão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,024 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,024
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rodilha ou pano de esfregar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfregão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /eʃ.fɾe.ˈgɐ̃w/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esfregão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esfregão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,024 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /eʃ.fɾe.ˈgɐ̃w/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for esfregão in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is esfregão, spelled E-S-F-R-E-G-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1rodilha ou pano de esfregar
- 2pano próprio para a esfrega
This word in other languages
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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Using “esfregão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-F-R-E-G-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /eʃ.fɾe.ˈgɐ̃w/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.