espinhoso

/iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu/

//iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu// adj

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The verdict

“espinhoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,933 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,933
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem espinhos

Corpus desk

Index PT-espinhoso · espinhoso · Portuguese

espinhoso · rank #60,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,933
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esmagadoramen…

Nearest frequency peer: esmagadoramente (-1 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 “espinhoso”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for espinhoso
PropertyValue
Headwordespinhoso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,933
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “espinhoso” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).espinhosocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “esmagadoramente” (#60,932), “esbanjar” (#60,928), “endurecido” (#60,922). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “espinhoso” fica em #60,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espinhoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,933 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for espinhoso, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is espinhoso, spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem espinhos
  2. 2
    semelhante a espinho
  3. 3
    difícil, tormentoso

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 "espinhoso"?
"espinhoso" is spelled E-S-P-I-N-H-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu/.
What does "espinhoso" mean?
As an adjective, "espinhoso" means: que tem espinhos
How do you pronounce "espinhoso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espinhoso" is /iʃ.pi.ˈɲo.zu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espinhoso" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encorpado#60,921embriagar#60,913effective#60,910depreciar#60,875

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list