guarda-costas
The verdict
“guarda-costas” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa empregada para acompanhar outra, com a finalidade de defendê-la de algum perigo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guarda-costas |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guarda-costas” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for guarda-costas is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa empregada para acompanhar outra, com a finalidade de defendê-la de algum perigo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for guarda-costas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is guarda-costas, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A---C-O-S-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1pessoa empregada para acompanhar outra, com a finalidade de defendê-la de algum perigo
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “guarda-costas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-A-R-D-A---C-O-S-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.