espátula
/iʃ.ˈpa.tu.lɐ/
The verdict
“espátula” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,838
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de faca de madeira, marfim ou metal que serve para abrir livros, espalmar substâncias ou estender substâncias moles
Corpus desk
Index PT-espatula · espátula · Portuguese
espátula · rank #45,838 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,838
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espetar
Nearest frequency peer: espetar (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “espátula”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- enjoar
enjoar
54,171 corpus weight
- espetar
espetar
54,164 corpus weight
- espátula
espátula
54,163 corpus weight
- eventualida…
eventualidade
54,159 corpus weight
- expression
expression
54,156 corpus weight
- expressivid…
expressividade
54,155 corpus weight
What this shows “espátula” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espátula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈpa.tu.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “espátula”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around espátula (IPA /iʃ.ˈpa.tu.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,838 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "espécie de faca de madeira, marfim ou metal que serve para abrir livros, espalmar substâncias ou estender substâncias moles".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for espátula, with forms such as "epsátula", "esppátula", and "esptáula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "estátua", "estatura", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is espátula, spelled E-S-P-Á-T-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1espécie de faca de madeira, marfim ou metal que serve para abrir livros, espalmar substâncias ou estender substâncias moles
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsátula
- esppátula
- esptáula
- espátlua
- espáttula
- espátual
- espátulla
- espáutla
- esspátula
- esáptula
- sepátula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espátula - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espátula", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).