esparso
/iʃ.ˈpaɾ.su/
The verdict
“esparso” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disperso, entornado, derramado
Corpus desk
Index PT-esparso · esparso · Portuguese
esparso · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esparso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈpaɾ.su/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esparso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esparso is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.ˈpaɾ.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
esparso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 esparso, spelled E-S-P-A-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1disperso, entornado, derramado
- 2difundido, solto
- 3vulgarizado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esparso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A previsão é de tempo nublado com chuvas esparsas.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.