espoir
\ɛs.pwaʁ\
The verdict
“espoir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,067 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,067
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esperança
Corpus desk
Index PT-espoir · espoir · Portuguese
espoir · rank #89,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,067
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH esfregado
Nearest frequency peer: esfregado (-5 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 “espoir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escuela
escuela
10,942 corpus weight
- esfregado
esfregado
10,939 corpus weight
- espoir
espoir
10,934 corpus weight
- estival
estival
10,925 corpus weight
- esturjão
esturjão
10,923 corpus weight
- exacerbar
exacerbar
10,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espoir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espoir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espoir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espoir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,067 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esperança".
No misspelling variants are generated for espoir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is espoir, spelled E-S-P-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1esperança
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).