espertalhão
/iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“espertalhão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,130 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,130
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é muito esperto; solerte
Corpus desk
Index PT-espertalhao · espertalhão · Portuguese
espertalhão · rank #77,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,130
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esganar
Nearest frequency peer: esganar (-4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “espertalhão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- enraizar
enraizar
22,888 corpus weight
- esganar
esganar
22,875 corpus weight
- espertalhão
espertalhão
22,871 corpus weight
- estivador
estivador
22,865 corpus weight
- estruturante
estruturante
22,862 corpus weight
- fagote
fagote
22,853 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espertalhão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espertalhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espertalhão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espertalhão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,130 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for espertalhão, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is espertalhão, spelled E-S-P-E-R-T-A-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1que é muito esperto; solerte
- 2que é ardiloso ou desonesto com esperteza; velhaco
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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