expósito
[eksˈposit̪o]
The verdict
“expósito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,329 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,329
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un bebé: Abandonado por sus padres, o cedido para su adopción, o expuesto en un lugar público (como a las puertas de una iglesia) para que alguien lo críe.
Corpus desk
Index ES-exposito · expósito · Spanish
expósito · rank #56,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,329
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH expulsen
Nearest frequency peer: expulsen (-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 “expósito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- expanda
expanda
43,676 corpus weight
- expirar
expirar
43,675 corpus weight
- exprimido
exprimido
43,674 corpus weight
- expulsen
expulsen
43,673 corpus weight
- expósito
expósito
43,672 corpus weight
- fachero
fachero
43,670 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “expósito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expósito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eksˈposit̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “expósito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
expósito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,329 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [eksˈposit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de un bebé: Abandonado por sus padres, o cedido para su adopción, o expuesto en un lugar público (como a las puertas de una iglesia) para que alguien lo críe.".
expósito doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is expósito, spelled E-X-P-Ó-S-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un bebé: Abandonado por sus padres, o cedido para su adopción, o expuesto en un lugar público (como a las puertas de una iglesia) para que alguien lo críe.
Synonyms
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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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