esfregona
[ɨʃfɾɨ'gonɐ]
The verdict
“esfregona” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utensílio feito de um conjunto de tiras de pano fixas à ponta de um cabo que depois de humedecidas servem para lavar o chão.
Corpus desk
Index PT-esfregona · esfregona · Portuguese
esfregona · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfregona |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɨʃfɾɨ'gonɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esfregona” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esfregona is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɨʃfɾɨ'gonɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "utensílio feito de um conjunto de tiras de pano fixas à ponta de um cabo que depois de humedecidas servem para lavar o chão.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esfregona, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 esfregona, spelled E-S-F-R-E-G-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1utensílio feito de um conjunto de tiras de pano fixas à ponta de um cabo que depois de humedecidas servem para lavar o chão.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.