espontâneo
/iʃ.põ.ˈtɐ.nju/
The verdict
“espontâneo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #15,326 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,326
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não precisa de motivação externa para acontecer
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espontâneo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.põ.ˈtɐ.nju/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espontâneo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for espontâneo is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.põ.ˈtɐ.nju/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,326 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for espontâneo, with forms such as "epsontâneo", "esopntâneo", and "espnotâneo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is espontâneo, spelled E-S-P-O-N-T-Â-N-E-O.
Definition
- 1que não precisa de motivação externa para acontecer
- 2que ocorre "naturalmente", sem um planejamento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsontâneo,esopntâneo,espnotâneo,esponntâneo,espontnâeo,esponttâneo,espontâeno,espontânneo,espontânoe,esponâtneo,espotnâneo,esppontâneo,esspontâneo,sepontâneo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espontâneo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “espontâneo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-O-N-T-Â-N-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.põ.ˈtɐ.nju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.