sneak

/sniːk/

//sniːk// verb

The verdict

“sneak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,820 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,820
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esgueirar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sneak · sneak · Portuguese

sneak · rank #65,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,820
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sombreado

Nearest frequency peer: sombreado (+3 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 “sneak”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sneak” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sneak
PropertyValue
Headwordsneak
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/sniːk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,820
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sneak” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sneakcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sombreado” (#65,823), “semeador” (#65,807), “seixo” (#65,804). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sneak” fica em #65,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sneak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,820 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /sniːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esgueirar".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sneak, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sneak, spelled S-N-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    esgueirar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sneak"?
"sneak" is spelled S-N-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is /sniːk/.
What does "sneak" mean?
As a verb, "sneak" means: esgueirar
How do you pronounce "sneak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sneak" is /sniːk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sneak" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sneak", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list