espoleta
/iʃ.pu.ˈle.tɐ/
The verdict
“espoleta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,715 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,715
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dispositivo que produz a detonação de cargas explosivas e projéteis; disparador
Corpus desk
Index PT-espoleta · espoleta · Portuguese
espoleta · rank #78,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,715
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espantosamente
Nearest frequency peer: espantosamente (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “espoleta”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- emanar
emanar
21,313 corpus weight
- encalhar
encalhar
21,308 corpus weight
- equino
equino
21,299 corpus weight
- espantosame…
espantosamente
21,288 corpus weight
- espoleta
espoleta
21,286 corpus weight
- fecundo
fecundo
21,262 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espoleta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espoleta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.pu.ˈle.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espoleta” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espoleta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,715 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.pu.ˈle.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dispositivo que produz a detonação de cargas explosivas e projéteis; disparador".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for espoleta, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is espoleta, spelled E-S-P-O-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1dispositivo que produz a detonação de cargas explosivas e projéteis; disparador
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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