isqueiro

//iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,061

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

isqueiro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: utensílio com torcida humedecida de gasolina ou saída de gás, que se inflama pelo atrito de uma roda dentada sobre uma pedra abrasiva apropriada ou por um inflamador elétrico adequado Pronounced /iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/.

Key facts for isqueiro
PropertyValue
Headwordisqueiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,061
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for isqueiro is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,061 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for isqueiro, with forms such as "iqsueiro", "isqeuiro", and "isqqueiro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 isqueiro, spelled I-S-Q-U-E-I-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    utensílio com torcida humedecida de gasolina ou saída de gás, que se inflama pelo atrito de uma roda dentada sobre uma pedra abrasiva apropriada ou por um inflamador elétrico adequado
  2. 2
    acendedor a gás ou a electricidade
  3. 3
    estojo onde antigamente os fumadores traziam a isca e o fuzil

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iqsueiro,isqeuiro,isqqueiro,isqueior,isqueirro,isquerio,isquiero,issqueiro,isuqeiro,siqueiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for isqueiro

Misspelling Variants of "isqueiro"

iqsueiro8isqeuiro8isqqueiro9isqueior8isqueirro9isquerio8isquiero8issqueiro9
Misspelling Variants of "isqueiro"

Frequency rank: #22,061 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "isqueiro"?
"isqueiro" is spelled I-S-Q-U-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/.
What does "isqueiro" mean?
As a noun, "isqueiro" means: utensílio com torcida humedecida de gasolina ou saída de gás, que se inflama pelo atrito de uma roda dentada sobre uma pedra abrasiva apropriada ou por um inflamador elétrico adequado
What are common misspellings of "isqueiro"?
Common misspellings include "iqsueiro", "isqeuiro", "isqqueiro", "isqueior", "isqueirro". The correct spelling is "isqueiro".
How do you pronounce "isqueiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "isqueiro" is /iʃ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "isqueiro" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.