expositor

noun

The verdict

“expositor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,826 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,826
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que expõe, que mostra:

Corpus desk

Index PT-expositor · expositor · Portuguese

expositor · rank #66,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,826
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH exilar

Nearest frequency peer: exilar (-3 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 “expositor”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “expositor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for expositor
PropertyValue
Headwordexpositor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “expositor” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).expositorcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “exilar” (#66,823), “farmacológica” (#66,831), “franga” (#66,847). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “expositor” fica em #66,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expositor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,826 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

expositor has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is expositor, spelled E-X-P-O-S-I-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que expõe, que mostra:
  2. 2
    aquele faz uma exposição, uma palestra:
  3. 3
    mostruário
  4. 4
    armação destinada a expor produtos

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how expositor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O alfarrabista é o expositor da obra do escritor
  2. O expositor discorreu sobre o seu trabalho

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expositor"?
"expositor" is spelled E-X-P-O-S-I-T-O-R.
What does "expositor" mean?
As a noun, "expositor" means: aquele que expõe, que mostra:
What language does "expositor" come from?
"expositor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "expositor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list