estival
/iʃ.ti.ˈvaɫ/
The verdict
“estival” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,076 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,076
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao estio, tempo seco ou verão
Corpus desk
Index PT-estival · estival · Portuguese
estival · rank #89,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,076
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esturjão
Nearest frequency peer: esturjão (+2 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 “estival”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escuela
escuela
10,942 corpus weight
- esfregado
esfregado
10,939 corpus weight
- espoir
espoir
10,934 corpus weight
- estival
estival
10,925 corpus weight
- esturjão
esturjão
10,923 corpus weight
- exacerbar
exacerbar
10,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estival” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estival |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.ti.ˈvaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estival” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estival is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,076 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.ti.ˈvaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo ao estio, tempo seco ou verão".
estival has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is estival, spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo ao estio, tempo seco ou verão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estival appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nestes mármores simplificados existiam unicamente dois jatos graduados desde zero até cem; as duas duchas, fina e grossa, para a cabeça; e ainda botões discretos, que, roçados, desencadeavam esguichos, cascatas cantantes, ou um leve orvalho estival.
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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