espantosamente

adv

The verdict

“espantosamente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,713 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,713
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo espantoso

Key facts for espantosamente
PropertyValue
Headwordespantosamente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters14
Frequency rank#78,713
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “espantosamente” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). espantosamente lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espantosamente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,713 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de modo espantoso".

espantosamente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is espantosamente, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-O-S-A-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo espantoso

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espantosamente"?
"espantosamente" is spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-O-S-A-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "espantosamente" mean?
As an adverb, "espantosamente" means: de modo espantoso
What language does "espantosamente" come from?
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Using “espantosamente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-A-N-T-O-S-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list