portentoso
[poɾt̪ẽn̪ˈt̪oso]
The verdict
“portentoso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,956 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,956
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Singular, extraño y que por su novedad causa admiración, terror o pasmo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-portentoso · portentoso · Spanish
portentoso · rank #99,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,956
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH posados
Nearest frequency peer: posados (+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 “portentoso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- poem
poem
50 corpus weight
- Poggi
Poggi
49 corpus weight
- portentoso
portentoso
45 corpus weight
- posados
posados
44 corpus weight
- preciosísima
preciosísima
41 corpus weight
- precisaban
precisaban
40 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “portentoso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | portentoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [poɾt̪ẽn̪ˈt̪oso] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “portentoso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
portentoso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,956 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [poɾt̪ẽn̪ˈt̪oso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Singular, extraño y que por su novedad causa admiración, terror o pasmo.".
portentoso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is portentoso, spelled P-O-R-T-E-N-T-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Singular, extraño y que por su novedad causa admiración, terror o pasmo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how portentoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muchos portentos hay, pero nada es más portentoso que el hombre.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "portentoso"?
What does "portentoso" mean?
How do you pronounce "portentoso"?
What language does "portentoso" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "portentoso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).