espora
/iʃ.ˈpɔ.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“espora” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,245 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,245
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento de metal que se adapta à parte posterior do calçado, para estimular a besta em que se monta
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espora” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
espora is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,245 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /iʃ.ˈpɔ.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for espora, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is espora, spelled E-S-P-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento de metal que se adapta à parte posterior do calçado, para estimular a besta em que se monta
- 2incitamento, estímulo
- 3planta ranunculácea
- 4flor dessa planta
This word in other languages
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 “espora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-P-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.ˈpɔ.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.