estuário

//iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,792

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

estuário is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sinuosidade ou baía, formada por um rio, perto do mar, e na qual se confunde a água salgada com a doce Pronounced /iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju/. Often confused with estúdio and estádio.

Key facts for estuário
PropertyValue
Headwordestuário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju/
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,792
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of estuário in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for estuário is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,792 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estuário, with forms such as "esstuário", "esttuário", and "esturáio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estúdio", "estádio", "estágio", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is estuário, spelled E-S-T-U-Á-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinuosidade ou baía, formada por um rio, perto do mar, e na qual se confunde a água salgada com a doce
  2. 2
    esteiro

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esstuário,esttuário,esturáio,estuáiro,estuároi,estuárrio,estáurio,esutário,etsuário,setuário

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for estuário

Misspelling Variants of "estuário"

esstuário9esttuário9esturáio8estuáiro8estuároi8estuárrio9estáurio8esutário8
Misspelling Variants of "estuário"

Frequency rank: #37,792 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estuário"?
"estuário" is spelled E-S-T-U-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju/.
What does "estuário" mean?
As a noun, "estuário" means: sinuosidade ou baía, formada por um rio, perto do mar, e na qual se confunde a água salgada com a doce
What words are commonly confused with "estuário"?
"estuário" is commonly confused with "estúdio", "estádio", "estágio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estuário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estuário" is /iʃ.ˈtwa.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estuário" come from?
"estuário" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.