esprit
\ɛs.pʁi\
The verdict
“esprit” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,790 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,790
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espírito; parte imaterial do ser
Corpus desk
Index PT-esprit · esprit · Portuguese
esprit · rank #92,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,790
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH espreguiçadei…
Nearest frequency peer: espreguiçadeira (-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 “esprit”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- empedrado
empedrado
7,238 corpus weight
- espreguiçad…
espreguiçadeira
7,213 corpus weight
- esprit
esprit
7,211 corpus weight
- extend
extend
7,189 corpus weight
- exéquias
exéquias
7,187 corpus weight
- fedelho
fedelho
7,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esprit” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esprit |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “esprit” em português
Rare enough to double-check
esprit is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,790 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for esprit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is esprit, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1espírito; parte imaterial do ser
- 2álcool etílico presente nas beberagens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esprit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esprit-de-vin
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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