essa

noun

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The verdict

“essa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #86) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#86
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro

Corpus desk

Index PT-essa · essa · Portuguese

essa · rank #86 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #86
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH vida

Nearest frequency peer: vida (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “essa”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “essa” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

essa vs Eva
25% similar
essa vs est
50% similar
essa vs ETA
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for essa
PropertyValue
Headwordessa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#86
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Onde “essa” fica na frequência do português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).essacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vida” (#85), “tempo” (#84), “há” (#88). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for essa is neighbouring look-alikes ("Eva", "est", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #86 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for essa, with forms such as "esa", "esas", and "sesa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eva", "est", "ETA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is essa, spelled E-S-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro
  2. 2
    catafalco; sarcófago; cenotáfio
  3. 3
    uma dada influência

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esa
  • esas
  • sesa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of essa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esa1esas2sesa2
Edit distance from "essa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "essa"?
"essa" is spelled E-S-S-A.
What does "essa" mean?
As a noun, "essa" means: o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro
What words are commonly confused with "essa"?
"essa" is commonly confused with "Eva", "est", "ETA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "essa" come from?
"essa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "essa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vida#85esse#83casa#91nada#92

What to do next

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  • "essa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Eva". View pair
  • 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #86 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more Portuguese words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list