estorvo
/iʃ.ˈtoɾ.vu/
The verdict
“estorvo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,306 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,306
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impedimento
Corpus desk
Index PT-estorvo · estorvo · Portuguese
estorvo · rank #57,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,306
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH evitável
Nearest frequency peer: evitável (+4 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 “estorvo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escopeta
escopeta
42,705 corpus weight
- esporão
esporão
42,700 corpus weight
- estorvo
estorvo
42,695 corpus weight
- evitável
evitável
42,691 corpus weight
- faringe
faringe
42,685 corpus weight
- feitor
feitor
42,683 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estorvo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estorvo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈtoɾ.vu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estorvo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estorvo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,306 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈtoɾ.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for estorvo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is estorvo, spelled E-S-T-O-R-V-O.
Definition
- 1impedimento
- 2embaraço
- 3obstáculo
- 4dificuldade
- 5óbice
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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