estribo
/iʃ.ˈtɾi.bu/
The verdict
“estribo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,726 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,726
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça metálica da sela onde a pessoa que monta põe o pé;
Corpus desk
Index PT-estribo · estribo · Portuguese
estribo · rank #59,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,726
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espetado
Nearest frequency peer: espetado (-8 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 “estribo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- espetado
espetado
40,283 corpus weight
- estribo
estribo
40,275 corpus weight
- extirpar
extirpar
40,267 corpus weight
- faris
faris
40,263 corpus weight
- farmacológi…
farmacológico
40,262 corpus weight
- fiabilidade
fiabilidade
40,254 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estribo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estribo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈtɾi.bu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “estribo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
estribo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,726 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈtɾi.bu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
estribo has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is estribo, spelled E-S-T-R-I-B-O.
Definition
- 1peça metálica da sela onde a pessoa que monta põe o pé;
- 2um dos três menores ossos do esqueleto humano, situado na orelha média (cavidade localizada entre o tímpano e o osso do crânio);
- 3apoio, esteio, arrimo.
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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