espurio
[esˈpuɾjo]
The verdict
“espurio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,029 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,029
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que simula ser lo que no es, especialmente si es de origen dudoso o incierto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espurio · espurio · Spanish
espurio · rank #57,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espasmo
Nearest frequency peer: espasmo (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “espurio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- espasmo
espasmo
42,973 corpus weight
- espurio
espurio
42,972 corpus weight
- esquiadores
esquiadores
42,971 corpus weight
- estallara
estallara
42,970 corpus weight
- estandarizar
estandarizar
42,969 corpus weight
- estrellar
estrellar
42,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espurio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espurio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈpuɾjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espurio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espurio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,029 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [esˈpuɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
espurio has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espurio, spelled E-S-P-U-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Que simula ser lo que no es, especialmente si es de origen dudoso o incierto.
- 2De naturaleza híbrida, poco genuina o falsamente reminiscente de algo.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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