espurios
[esˈpuɾjos]
The verdict
“espurios” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,918 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del masculino plural de espurio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espurios |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈpuɾjos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espurios” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
espurios is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,918 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [esˈpuɾjos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del masculino plural de espurio.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for espurios in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is espurios, spelled E-S-P-U-R-I-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del masculino plural de espurio.
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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Using “espurios”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-U-R-I-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpuɾjos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.