espetáculo

//iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,065

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

espetáculo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aquilo que chama e prende a atenção Pronounced /iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu/. It ranks #4,065 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with espetacular.

Key facts for espetáculo
PropertyValue
Headwordespetáculo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,065
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for espetáculo is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,065 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for espetáculo, with forms such as "epsetáculo", "eseptáculo", and "espetcáulo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "espetacular", 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 espetáculo, spelled E-S-P-E-T-Á-C-U-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquilo que chama e prende a atenção
  2. 2
    encenação para ser apresentada diante de um público; peça
  3. 3
    qualquer apresentação pública de teatro, canto ou dança, num palco, numa arena, em praça pública etc.; show
  4. 4
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) algo que atrai atenção pela beleza, maestria, grandiosidade, vibração etc.
  5. 5
    visão, quadro, panorama
  6. 6
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) alguém ou algo excepcionalmente interessante, bom, bonito e/ou vistoso
  7. 7
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido [da acepção 2 ou 3]) (Uso: ironia) discussão, briga ou cena escandalosa, inconveniente, ridícula

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsetáculo,eseptáculo,espetcáulo,espettáculo,espetácculo,espetácluo,espetácullo,espetácuol,espetáuclo,espeátculo,esppetáculo,espteáculo,esspetáculo,sepetáculo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for espetáculo

Misspelling Variants of "espetáculo"

epsetáculo10eseptáculo10espetcáulo10espettáculo11espetácculo11espetácluo10espetácullo11espetácuol10
Misspelling Variants of "espetáculo"

Frequency rank: #4,065 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espetáculo"?
"espetáculo" is spelled E-S-P-E-T-Á-C-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu/.
What does "espetáculo" mean?
As a noun, "espetáculo" means: aquilo que chama e prende a atenção
What words are commonly confused with "espetáculo"?
"espetáculo" is commonly confused with "espetacular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espetáculo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espetáculo" is /iʃ.pɛ.ˈta.ku.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espetáculo" come from?
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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.