estalo

/iʃ.ˈta.lu/

//iʃ.ˈta.lu// noun

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The verdict

“estalo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,580
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ruído breve e intenso, ruído do que racha

Corpus desk

Index PT-estalo · estalo · Portuguese

estalo · rank #35,580 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,580
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH etnografia

Nearest frequency peer: etnografia (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “estalo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “estalo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

estalo vs esto
67% similar
estalo vs estar
67% similar
estalo vs estilo
83% similar

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

Key facts for estalo
PropertyValue
Headwordestalo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈta.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,580
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “estalo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).estalocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “etnografia” (#35,583), “evidenciar” (#35,584), “exageradamente” (#35,585). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estalo” fica em #35,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around estalo (IPA /iʃ.ˈta.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,580 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estalo, with forms such as "esatlo", "esstalo", and "estallo". 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, "esto", "estar", "estilo", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is estalo, spelled E-S-T-A-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ruído breve e intenso, ruído do que racha
  2. 2
    detonação

This word in other languages

snap(English)estallido(Español)claquement(Français)Krachen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esatlo
  • esstalo
  • estallo
  • estaol
  • estlao
  • esttalo
  • etsalo
  • setalo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estalo - 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.

esatlo2esstalo1estallo1estaol2estlao2esttalo1etsalo2setalo2
Edit distance from "estalo"

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 "estalo"?
"estalo" is spelled E-S-T-A-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈta.lu/.
What does "estalo" mean?
As a noun, "estalo" means: ruído breve e intenso, ruído do que racha
What words are commonly confused with "estalo"?
"estalo" is commonly confused with "esto", "estar", "estilo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estalo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estalo" is /iʃ.ˈta.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estalo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

feição#35,590flower#35,599Guinea#35,618lastro#35,663

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

bélica8 variantsbrigue8 variantsOnofre8 variantspolido8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list