espasmo
/iʃ.ˈpaʒ.mu/
The verdict
“espasmo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,399 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,399
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração involuntária de um músculo, grupo de músculos ou órgão, normalmente acompanhada de dor localizada
Corpus desk
Index PT-espasmo · espasmo · Portuguese
espasmo · rank #54,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,399
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espirituoso
Nearest frequency peer: espirituoso (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “espasmo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- drástico
drástico
45,628 corpus weight
- element
element
45,625 corpus weight
- enjoativo
enjoativo
45,612 corpus weight
- espasmo
espasmo
45,602 corpus weight
- espirituoso
espirituoso
45,601 corpus weight
- excentricid…
excentricidade
45,594 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espasmo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espasmo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈpaʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espasmo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espasmo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,399 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈpaʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contração involuntária de um músculo, grupo de músculos ou órgão, normalmente acompanhada de dor localizada".
No generated misspelling entries exist for espasmo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is espasmo, spelled E-S-P-A-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1contração involuntária de um músculo, grupo de músculos ou órgão, normalmente acompanhada de dor localizada
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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