espúrio
/iʃ.ˈpu.ɾju/
The verdict
“espúrio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,533 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,533
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não genuíno; suposto, hipotético
Corpus desk
Index PT-espurio · espúrio · Portuguese
espúrio · rank #75,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,533
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH entire
Nearest frequency peer: entire (-12 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 “espúrio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- eine
eine
24,495 corpus weight
- Embratur
Embratur
24,492 corpus weight
- entire
entire
24,480 corpus weight
- espúrio
espúrio
24,468 corpus weight
- feitoria
feitoria
24,452 corpus weight
- folder
folder
24,440 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “espúrio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espúrio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iʃ.ˈpu.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “espúrio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
espúrio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,533 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iʃ.ˈpu.ɾju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "não genuíno; suposto, hipotético".
Zero misspellings are on record for espúrio in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is espúrio, spelled E-S-P-Ú-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1não genuíno; suposto, hipotético
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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