esguio
/iʒ.ˈɡi.u/
The verdict
“esguio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,914 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,914
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alto e magro
Corpus desk
Index PT-esguio · esguio · Portuguese
esguio · rank #57,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,914
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH escama
Nearest frequency peer: escama (-1 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “esguio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- encenador
encenador
42,100 corpus weight
- epitelial
epitelial
42,094 corpus weight
- escama
escama
42,088 corpus weight
- esguio
esguio
42,087 corpus weight
- ferrenho
ferrenho
42,071 corpus weight
- filologia
filologia
42,067 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esguio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esguio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʒ.ˈɡi.u/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esguio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esguio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,914 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʒ.ˈɡi.u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esguio, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is esguio, spelled E-S-G-U-I-O.
Definition
- 1alto e magro
- 2de feitura estreita
- 3referido à roupa, que não é solta, apertada, sem roda
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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