esquadrão

//iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,532

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

esquadrão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: conjunto de companhias num exército Pronounced /iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #5,532 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with esquadra and enquadrar.

Key facts for esquadrão
PropertyValue
Headwordesquadrão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,532
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for esquadrão is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,532 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for esquadrão, with forms such as "eqsuadrão", "esqaudrão", and "esqquadrão". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "esquadra", "enquadrar", 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 esquadrão, spelled E-S-Q-U-A-D-R-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto de companhias num exército
  2. 2
    multidão

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eqsuadrão,esqaudrão,esqquadrão,esquaddrão,esquadroã,esquadrrão,esquadãro,esquardão,esqudarão,essquadrão,esuqadrão,sequadrão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esquadrão

Misspelling Variants of "esquadrão"

eqsuadrão9esqaudrão9esqquadrão10esquaddrão10esquadroã9esquadrrão10esquadãro9esquardão9
Misspelling Variants of "esquadrão"

Frequency rank: #5,532 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esquadrão"?
"esquadrão" is spelled E-S-Q-U-A-D-R-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃/.
What does "esquadrão" mean?
As a noun, "esquadrão" means: conjunto de companhias num exército
What words are commonly confused with "esquadrão"?
"esquadrão" is commonly confused with "esquadra", "enquadrar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esquadrão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esquadrão" is /iʃ.kwɐ.ˈdɾɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esquadrão" come from?
"esquadrão" 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.