expositor

noun

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The verdict

“expositor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,826 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,826
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que expõe, que mostra:

Key facts for expositor
PropertyValue
Headwordexpositor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “expositor” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). expositor lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expositor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,826 among 2,493 “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

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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Using “expositor”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-P-O-S-I-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list