esquadro
/iʃ.ˈkwa.dɾu/
The verdict
“esquadro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,935 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,935
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento usado por arquitetos, desenhistas, carpinteiros, serralheiros, e destinado a traçar ângulos retos.
Corpus desk
Index PT-esquadro · esquadro · Portuguese
esquadro · rank #73,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,935
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH evasiva
Nearest frequency peer: evasiva (+8 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 “esquadro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- enxuto
enxuto
26,079 corpus weight
- esquadro
esquadro
26,066 corpus weight
- evasiva
evasiva
26,058 corpus weight
- faina
faina
26,046 corpus weight
- faringite
faringite
26,039 corpus weight
- fertilizar
fertilizar
26,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esquadro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquadro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈkwa.dɾu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esquadro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esquadro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,935 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈkwa.dɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento usado por arquitetos, desenhistas, carpinteiros, serralheiros, e destinado a traçar ângulos retos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for esquadro, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esquadro, spelled E-S-Q-U-A-D-R-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento usado por arquitetos, desenhistas, carpinteiros, serralheiros, e destinado a traçar ângulos retos.
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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