estiva
/iʃ.ˈti.vɐ/
The verdict
“estiva” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,068 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,068
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - serviço de carregamento e descarregamento de navios no porto
| 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) |
Where “estiva” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
estiva is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,068 among 2,493 “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
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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Using “estiva”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-I-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.