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 May 6, 2026) - peça, normalmente de madeira, que serve de apoio a algo; escora; estaca; esteio, arrimo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espeque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espeque” sits in Portuguese frequency
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.
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.
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Using “espeque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-E-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.