extrínseco

adj

The verdict

“extrínseco” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo

Corpus desk

Index PT-extrinseco · extrínseco · Portuguese

extrínseco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for extrínseco
PropertyValue
Headwordextrínseco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “extrínseco” em português

extrínseconão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

extrínseco is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo".

Zero misspellings are on record for extrínseco in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is extrínseco, spelled E-X-T-R-Í-N-S-E-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O recolhimento das custas processuais constitui requisito extrínseco de admissibilidade do recurso interposto.

Antonyms

intrínseco

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extrínseco"?
"extrínseco" is spelled E-X-T-R-Í-N-S-E-C-O.
What does "extrínseco" mean?
As an adjective, "extrínseco" means: que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo
What language does "extrínseco" come from?
"extrínseco" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list