esterco
/iʃ.ˈteɾ.ku/
The verdict
“esterco” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,264
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - excrementos de animais misturados com restos vegetais, em decomposição, ou já descompostos, que servem para volver-lhe a fertilidade ao terreno depois das culturas e assim favorecer as novas planta...
Corpus desk
Index PT-esterco · esterco · Portuguese
esterco · rank #38,264 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,264
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espirro
Nearest frequency peer: espirro (-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 “esterco”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- entupido
entupido
61,745 corpus weight
- espirro
espirro
61,740 corpus weight
- esterco
esterco
61,737 corpus weight
- ethos
ethos
61,733 corpus weight
- expiação
expiação
61,728 corpus weight
- expoente
expoente
61,726 corpus weight
What this shows “esterco” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | esterco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈteɾ.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “esterco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around esterco (IPA /iʃ.ˈteɾ.ku/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,264 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esterco, with forms such as "esetrco", "essterco", and "estecro". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "eterno", "externo", "Estêvão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is esterco, spelled E-S-T-E-R-C-O.
Definition
- 1excrementos de animais misturados com restos vegetais, em decomposição, ou já descompostos, que servem para volver-lhe a fertilidade ao terreno depois das culturas e assim favorecer as novas plantações
- 2estrume, qualquer desperdício descomposto que serve como adubo da terra
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esetrco
- essterco
- estecro
- estercco
- esteroc
- esterrco
- estreco
- estterco
- etserco
- seterco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esterco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esterco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).