espectro

//isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,049

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

espectro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aparição sobrenatural de pessoa morta; vulto fantasmagórico Pronounced /isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/. It ranks #8,049 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with espeto and esperto.

Key facts for espectro
PropertyValue
Headwordespectro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,049
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of espectro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for espectro is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,049 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for espectro, with forms such as "epsectro", "esepctro", and "espcetro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "espeto", "esperto", "espectral", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is espectro, spelled E-S-P-E-C-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparição sobrenatural de pessoa morta; vulto fantasmagórico
  2. 2
    imagem imaterial que domina o pensamento, podendo ser real ou existir apenas na imaginação
  3. 3
    algo que tem apenas aparência vã, fátua
  4. 4
    aquilo que causa temor, que é ameaçador; a possibilidade que algo ocorra a qualquer momento, provocando uma sensação geral de medo, preocupação, cisma ou algo parecido, por representar grave ameaça
  5. 5
    indivíduo esquálido e macilento
  6. 6
    conjunto de radiações em várias frequências, intensidade, longitude de onda e outros efeitos, que são resultado da decomposição de fenômeno físico que se transmite por ondas, como por exemplo o arco-íris que deriva da decomposição da luz do Sol
  7. 7
    campo de ação terapêutica de um medicamento, especialmente de um antibiótico
  8. 8
    conjunto de autovalores de uma matriz

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsectro,esepctro,espcetro,especctro,especrto,espector,espectrro,especttro,espetcro,esppectro,esspectro,sepectro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for espectro

Misspelling Variants of "espectro"

epsectro8esepctro8espcetro8especctro9especrto8espector8espectrro9especttro9
Misspelling Variants of "espectro"

Frequency rank: #8,049 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espectro"?
"espectro" is spelled E-S-P-E-C-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/.
What does "espectro" mean?
As a noun, "espectro" means: aparição sobrenatural de pessoa morta; vulto fantasmagórico
What words are commonly confused with "espectro"?
"espectro" is commonly confused with "espeto", "esperto", "espectral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espectro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espectro" is /isˈpɛk.tɾu/, /esˈpɛk.tɾu/, /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/, /esˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espectro" come from?
"espectro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.