espetado

adj

The verdict

“espetado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,718 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,718
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atravessado com espeto

Corpus desk

Index PT-espetado · espetado · Portuguese

espetado · rank #59,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,718
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH estribo

Nearest frequency peer: estribo (+8 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 “espetado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espetado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for espetado
PropertyValue
Headwordespetado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “espetado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.espetadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estribo” (#59,726), “extirpar” (#59,734), “endossar” (#59,699). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “espetado” fica em #59,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espetado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,718 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for espetado in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is espetado, spelled E-S-P-E-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    atravessado com espeto
  2. 2
    enfiado em espeto
  3. 3
    trespassado
  4. 4
    varado
  5. 5
    direito
  6. 6
    teso
  7. 7
    empertigado
  8. 8
    alçado
  9. 9
    cravado
  10. 10
    enterrado
  11. 11
    que vem próximo à rede, alto e ao ponto mais ao longe da amplitude de movimento de jogador que procede para acertar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how espetado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Levantamento espetado.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espetado"?
"espetado" is spelled E-S-P-E-T-A-D-O.
What does "espetado" mean?
As an adjective, "espetado" means: atravessado com espeto
What language does "espetado" come from?
"espetado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espetado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list