extrínseco
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
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extrínseco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extrínseco” sits in Portuguese frequency
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
- 1que não pertence à essência de alguma coisa; que é externo
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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.
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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.
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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.