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 May 6, 2026) - que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo

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

Where “extrínseco” sits in Portuguese frequency

extrínseco falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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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Using “extrínseco”

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

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