estojo

Name: estojo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/iʃ.ˈto.ʒu/

//iʃ.ˈto.ʒu// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“estojo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,293
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,279
“E” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena caixa com divisões adequadas aos objetos que lá se guardam

Corpus desk

Index PT-estojo · estojo · Portuguese

estojo · rank #20,293 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,293
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,279
PHOTO-FINISH esconderijo

Nearest frequency peer: esconderijo (-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.

eminente

79,713
escanteio

79,710
esconderijo

79,709
estojo

79,708
extradição

79,705
ferimento

79,701

What this shows “estojo” 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).

estojo vs estudo

67% similar

estojo vs estouro

71% similar

estojo vs esto

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for estojo
Property	Value
Headword	estojo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/iʃ.ˈto.ʒu/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#20,293
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “estojo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).estojocai aqui:

#20,293

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “esconderijo” (#20,292), “escanteio” (#20,291), “extradição” (#20,296). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estojo” fica em #20,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around estojo (IPA /iʃ.ˈto.ʒu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,293 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estojo, with forms such as "esotjo", "esstojo", and "estjoo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "estudo", "estouro", "esto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 estojo, spelled E-S-T-O-J-O.

Definition

1
pequena caixa com divisões adequadas aos objetos que lá se guardam
2
tipo de fixador composto por uma barra rosqueada com uma porca em cada ponta
3
objeto semelhante a uma caixa com compartimento para se guardar dentro itens como caneta, lápis, apontador, borracha, tesoura, tubo de cola
4
objeto semelhante a uma pequena bolsa com fecho de zíper com compartimento para se guardar dentro itens como caneta, lápis, apontador, borracha, tesoura, tubo de cola

Synonyms

penal penal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

esotjo
esstojo
estjoo
estojjo
estooj
esttojo
etsojo
setojo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estojo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "estojo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estojo"?

"estojo" is spelled E-S-T-O-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈto.ʒu/.

What does "estojo" mean?

As a noun, "estojo" means: pequena caixa com divisões adequadas aos objetos que lá se guardam

What words are commonly confused with "estojo"?

"estojo" is commonly confused with "estudo", "estouro", "esto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "estojo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estojo" is /iʃ.ˈto.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "estojo" come from?

"estojo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estojo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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