estola

/iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/

//iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ// noun

The verdict

“estola” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,167 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,167
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - paramento religioso formado por uma tira de tecido às vezes alargada em cada extremidade usado pelo sacerdote sobre a alva

Key facts for estola
PropertyValue
Headwordestola
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estola” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). estola lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estola is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,167 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "paramento religioso formado por uma tira de tecido às vezes alargada em cada extremidade usado pelo sacerdote sobre a alva".

estola doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is estola, spelled E-S-T-O-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    paramento religioso formado por uma tira de tecido às vezes alargada em cada extremidade usado pelo sacerdote sobre a alva

This word in other languages

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 "estola"?
"estola" is spelled E-S-T-O-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/.
What does "estola" mean?
As a noun, "estola" means: paramento religioso formado por uma tira de tecido às vezes alargada em cada extremidade usado pelo sacerdote sobre a alva
How do you pronounce "estola"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estola" is /iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estola" come from?
"estola" 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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Using “estola”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-T-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /iʃ.ˈtɔ.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list