espinho

/iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu/

//iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu// noun

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The verdict

“espinho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,755
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte aguda e picante de um vegetal

Corpus desk

Index PT-espinho · espinho · Portuguese

espinho · rank #16,755 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,755
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esgotado

Nearest frequency peer: esgotado (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “espinho”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “espinho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

espinho vs espirro
71% similar
espinho vs espião
71% similar
espinho vs espelho
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for espinho
PropertyValue
Headwordespinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,755
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “espinho”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.espinhocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “esgotado” (#16,753), “estudioso” (#16,757), “escoamento” (#16,752). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “espinho” fica em #16,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around espinho (IPA /iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,755 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for espinho, with forms such as "epsinho", "esipnho", and "espihno". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "espirro", "espião", "espelho", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 espinho, spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte aguda e picante de um vegetal
  2. 2
    pico
  3. 3
    cerda rija de alguns animais

This word in other languages

thorn(English)espina(Español)épine(Français)Dorn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsinho
  • esipnho
  • espihno
  • espinhho
  • espinnho
  • espinoh
  • espniho
  • esppinho
  • esspinho
  • sepinho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espinho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epsinho2esipnho2espihno2espinhho1espinnho1espinoh2espniho2esppinho1
Edit distance from "espinho"

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 "espinho"?
"espinho" is spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu/.
What does "espinho" mean?
As a noun, "espinho" means: parte aguda e picante de um vegetal
What words are commonly confused with "espinho"?
"espinho" is commonly confused with "espirro", "espião", "espelho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espinho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espinho" is /iʃ.ˈpi.ɲu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espinho" come from?
"espinho" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enxofre#16,750feeling#16,763filtrar#16,765costela#16,721

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

derreter10 variantsjacinto10 variantslágrima10 variantsManager10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list