espantosamente
The verdict
“espantosamente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,713 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de modo espantoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-espantosamente · espantosamente · Portuguese
espantosamente · rank #78,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,713
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espoleta
Nearest frequency peer: espoleta (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “espantosamente”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- emanar
emanar
21,313 corpus weight
- encalhar
encalhar
21,308 corpus weight
- equino
equino
21,299 corpus weight
- espantosame…
espantosamente
21,288 corpus weight
- espoleta
espoleta
21,286 corpus weight
- fecundo
fecundo
21,262 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espantosamente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espantosamente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #78,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espantosamente” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espantosamente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,713 among 1,279 “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
- 1de modo espantoso
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espantosamente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«A vista do topo da montanha é espantosamente bela.»
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.
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