esgoto

//iʒ.ˈɡo.tu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,395

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

esgoto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cano ou orifício para dar vazão a qualquer líquido Pronounced /iʒ.ˈɡo.tu/. It ranks #7,395 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with esto and estojo.

Key facts for esgoto
PropertyValue
Headwordesgoto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʒ.ˈɡo.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,395
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of esgoto in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for esgoto is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʒ.ˈɡo.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,395 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for esgoto, with forms such as "egsoto", "esggoto", and "esgoot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "esto", "estojo", "espeto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is esgoto, spelled E-S-G-O-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cano ou orifício para dar vazão a qualquer líquido
  2. 2
    escoadouro para águas servidas e dejetos de conjuntos habitacionais

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsoto,esggoto,esgoot,esgotto,esgtoo,esogto,essgoto,segoto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esgoto

Misspelling Variants of "esgoto"

egsoto6esggoto7esgoot6esgotto7esgtoo6esogto6essgoto7segoto6
Misspelling Variants of "esgoto"

Frequency rank: #7,395 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esgoto"?
"esgoto" is spelled E-S-G-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʒ.ˈɡo.tu/.
What does "esgoto" mean?
As a noun, "esgoto" means: cano ou orifício para dar vazão a qualquer líquido
What words are commonly confused with "esgoto"?
"esgoto" is commonly confused with "esto", "estojo", "espeto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esgoto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esgoto" is /iʒ.ˈɡo.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esgoto" come from?
"esgoto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.