esbanjar
The verdict
“esbanjar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #60,928 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #60,928
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gastar excessivamente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esbanjar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esbanjar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for esbanjar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #60,928 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for esbanjar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esbanjar, spelled E-S-B-A-N-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1gastar excessivamente
- 2ter em grande quantidade
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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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “esbanjar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-B-A-N-J-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.