estopa

/iʃ.ˈto.pɐ/

//iʃ.ˈto.pɐ// noun

The verdict

“estopa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,331 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,331
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - linho grosso que não passa pelo sedeiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-estopa · estopa · Portuguese

estopa · rank #76,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,331
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH estoniano

Nearest frequency peer: estoniano (-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 “estopa”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estopa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estopa
PropertyValue
Headwordestopa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈto.pɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estopa” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).estopacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estoniano” (#76,330), “estrôncio” (#76,335), “exotismo” (#76,342). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estopa” fica em #76,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estopa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,331 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈto.pɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "linho grosso que não passa pelo sedeiro".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for estopa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is estopa, spelled E-S-T-O-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    linho grosso que não passa pelo sedeiro

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 "estopa"?
"estopa" is spelled E-S-T-O-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈto.pɐ/.
What does "estopa" mean?
As a noun, "estopa" means: linho grosso que não passa pelo sedeiro
How do you pronounce "estopa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estopa" is /iʃ.ˈto.pɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estopa" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list