espinafre
/iʃ.pi.ˈna.fɾɨ/
The verdict
“espinafre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,266
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome vulgar de plantas da família das quenopodiáceas utilizadas em culinária; nomes científicos: Spinacia oleracea, Tetragonia tetragonioides
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espinafre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.pi.ˈna.fɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espinafre” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around espinafre (IPA /iʃ.pi.ˈna.fɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,266 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nome vulgar de plantas da família das quenopodiáceas utilizadas em culinária; nomes científicos: Spinacia oleracea, Tetragonia tetragonioides".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for espinafre, with forms such as "epsinafre", "esipnafre", and "espianfre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is espinafre, spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-F-R-E.
Definition
- 1nome vulgar de plantas da família das quenopodiáceas utilizadas em culinária; nomes científicos: Spinacia oleracea, Tetragonia tetragonioides
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsinafre
- esipnafre
- espianfre
- espinafer
- espinaffre
- espinafrre
- espinarfe
- espinfare
- espinnafre
- espniafre
- esppinafre
- esspinafre
- sepinafre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espinafre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “espinafre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-I-N-A-F-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.pi.ˈna.fɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.