espeque
The verdict
“espeque” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - peça, normalmente de madeira, que serve de apoio a algo; escora; estaca; esteio, arrimo.
Corpus desk
Index PT-espeque · espeque · Portuguese
espeque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | espeque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espeque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espeque is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for espeque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is espeque, spelled E-S-P-E-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1peça, normalmente de madeira, que serve de apoio a algo; escora; estaca; esteio, arrimo.
- 2amparo moral; algo que serve de consolação
- 3base, fulcro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how espeque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"E está fechada a porteira / Para lá não descer bicho. / Um espeque é fechadura."
"Saber que ele está bem é um espeque neste drama.
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.