estanque
/iʃ.ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/
The verdict
“estanque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,788 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,788
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impermeável à passagem de líquidos, vedado
Corpus desk
Index PT-estanque · estanque · Portuguese
estanque · rank #64,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,788
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH estilística
Nearest frequency peer: estilística (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “estanque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escrituração
escrituração
35,215 corpus weight
- estanque
estanque
35,213 corpus weight
- estilística
estilística
35,212 corpus weight
- estufado
estufado
35,209 corpus weight
- fabricava
fabricava
35,202 corpus weight
- fold
fold
35,190 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estanque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estanque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estanque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estanque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,788 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
estanque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is estanque, spelled E-S-T-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1impermeável à passagem de líquidos, vedado
- 2hermético, vedado a qualquer substância
- 3estagnado, sem correnteza
- 4esgotado, vazio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estanque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
caixa estanque
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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