inóspito
/i.ˈnɔʃ.pi.tu/
The verdict
“inóspito” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #59,206 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #59,206
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - não hospitaleiro; que não recebe com hospitalidade; inadequado à manutenção da vida
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inóspito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /i.ˈnɔʃ.pi.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inóspito” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for inóspito is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ˈnɔʃ.pi.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #59,206 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "não hospitaleiro; que não recebe com hospitalidade; inadequado à manutenção da vida".
No generated misspelling entries exist for inóspito in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is inóspito, spelled I-N-Ó-S-P-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1não hospitaleiro; que não recebe com hospitalidade; inadequado à manutenção da vida
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “inóspito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-Ó-S-P-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.ˈnɔʃ.pi.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.