esmerilhão
/es.me.ɾi.'ʎoŋ/
The verdict
“esmerilhão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
Corpus desk
Index PT-esmerilhao · esmerilhão · Portuguese
esmerilhão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | esmerilhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /es.me.ɾi.'ʎoŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esmerilhão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esmerilhão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /es.me.ɾi.'ʎoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)".
No misspelling variants are generated for esmerilhão in our index, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esmerilhão, spelled E-S-M-E-R-I-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
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.