esperma

//iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,597

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

esperma is aPortuguesenoun. It means: líquido esbranquiçado, secretado por diferentes glândulas genitais masculinas, que contém os espermatozoides; sêmen Pronounced /iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ/. Often confused with esperto and espera.

Key facts for esperma
PropertyValue
Headwordesperma
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,597
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for esperma is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,597 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "líquido esbranquiçado, secretado por diferentes glândulas genitais masculinas, que contém os espermatozoides; sêmen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for esperma, with forms such as "epserma", "eseprma", and "espemra". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "esperto", "espera", "esfera", and more, 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 esperma, spelled E-S-P-E-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido esbranquiçado, secretado por diferentes glândulas genitais masculinas, que contém os espermatozoides; sêmen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epserma,eseprma,espemra,esperam,espermma,esperrma,espperma,esprema,essperma,seperma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esperma

Misspelling Variants of "esperma"

epserma7eseprma7espemra7esperam7espermma8esperrma8espperma8esprema7
Misspelling Variants of "esperma"

Frequency rank: #20,597 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esperma"?
"esperma" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ/.
What does "esperma" mean?
As a noun, "esperma" means: líquido esbranquiçado, secretado por diferentes glândulas genitais masculinas, que contém os espermatozoides; sêmen
What words are commonly confused with "esperma"?
"esperma" is commonly confused with "esperto", "espera", "esfera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esperma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esperma" is /iʃ.ˈpɛɾ.mɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esperma" come from?
"esperma" 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.