estiva
/iʃ.ˈti.vɐ/
The verdict
“estiva” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,068 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,068
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - serviço de carregamento e descarregamento de navios no porto
Corpus desk
Index PT-estiva · estiva · Portuguese
estiva · rank #51,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,068
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH estocar
Nearest frequency peer: estocar (+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 “estiva”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estiva
estiva
48,933 corpus weight
- estocar
estocar
48,932 corpus weight
- etílico
etílico
48,931 corpus weight
- eus
eus
48,930 corpus weight
- felicitar
felicitar
48,919 corpus weight
- fifty
fifty
48,916 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estiva” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estiva |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈti.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estiva” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estiva is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,068 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈti.vɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
estiva doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is estiva, spelled E-S-T-I-V-A.
Definition
- 1serviço de carregamento e descarregamento de navios no porto
- 2o grupo de trabalhadores que efetuam a carga e descarga de navios
- 3trabalho árduo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estiva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Escrever novela é uma estiva.
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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