esquilo
/ɪs.ˈki.lʊ/
The verdict
“esquilo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,635 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,635
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero roedor da família Sciuridae
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquilo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪs.ˈki.lʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esquilo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for esquilo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪs.ˈki.lʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,635 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mamífero roedor da família Sciuridae".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for esquilo, with forms such as "eqsuilo", "esqiulo", and "esqquilo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estilo", "esqui", "esquiar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is esquilo, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1mamífero roedor da família Sciuridae
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eqsuilo,esqiulo,esqquilo,esquillo,esquiol,esqulio,essquilo,esuqilo,sequilo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esquilo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “esquilo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-Q-U-I-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪs.ˈki.lʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estilo” - see the side-by-side comparison. esquilo vs estilo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.