espinhal
The verdict
“espinhal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,718 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #29,718
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo à espinha ou à coluna vertebral
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espinhal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espinhal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for espinhal is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #29,718 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for espinhal, with forms such as "epsinhal", "esipnhal", and "espihnal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "espinho", "espinha", "espinal", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is espinhal, spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo à espinha ou à coluna vertebral
- 2que se refere à medula espinhal
- 3que se localiza ou se desenvolve ao longo da coluna vertebral
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsinhal,esipnhal,espihnal,espinahl,espinhall,espinhhal,espinhla,espinnhal,espnihal,esppinhal,esspinhal,sepinhal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espinhal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “espinhal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-I-N-H-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “espinho” - see the side-by-side comparison. espinhal vs espinho
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.