espiritual

/iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ/

//iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“espiritual” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,558
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ou pertencente ao espírito (por oposição a matéria)

Corpus desk

Index PT-espiritual · espiritual · Portuguese

espiritual · rank #4,558 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,558
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH embaixador

Nearest frequency peer: embaixador (-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 “espiritual”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “espiritual” 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).

espiritual vs espírita
70% similar

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

Key facts for espiritual
PropertyValue
Headwordespiritual
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,558
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “espiritual”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).espiritualcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “embaixador” (#4,556), “estacionamento” (#4,560), “educacional” (#4,554). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “espiritual” fica em #4,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around espiritual (IPA /iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,558 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for espiritual, with forms such as "epsiritual", "esipritual", and "espiirtual". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "espírita", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 espiritual, spelled E-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ou pertencente ao espírito (por oposição a matéria)
  2. 2
    incorpóreo
  3. 3
    imaterial
  4. 4
    que diz respeito à religião ou à consciência
  5. 5
    místico
  6. 6
    sobrenatural

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsiritual
  • esipritual
  • espiirtual
  • espiritaul
  • espirittual
  • espirituall
  • espiritula
  • espiriutal
  • espirritual
  • espirtiual
  • esppiritual
  • espriitual
  • esspiritual
  • sepiritual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espiritual - 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.

epsiritual2esipritual2espiirtual2espiritaul2espirittual1espirituall1espiritula2espiriutal2
Edit distance from "espiritual"

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 "espiritual"?
"espiritual" is spelled E-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ/.
What does "espiritual" mean?
As an adjective, "espiritual" means: relativo ou pertencente ao espírito (por oposição a matéria)
What words are commonly confused with "espiritual"?
"espiritual" is commonly confused with "espírita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espiritual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espiritual" is /iʃ.pi.ɾi.ˈtwaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espiritual" come from?
"espiritual" 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 "espiritual", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

embaixador#4,556comunicado#4,539vizinhança#4,606Moçambique#4,496

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

excelência14 variantsdescansar14 variantsconfirmar14 variantsconvencer14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list