exigent
/ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/
"exigent" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exigent” is uncommon English (frequency #75,860 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,860
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exigent · exigent · English
exigent · rank #75,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,860
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH expectantly
Nearest frequency peer: expectantly (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “exigent”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- essentialism
essentialism
24,149 corpus weight
- euphemistic…
euphemistically
24,146 corpus weight
- exigent
exigent
24,141 corpus weight
- expectantly
expectantly
24,139 corpus weight
- faceplate
faceplate
24,136 corpus weight
- Fahim
Fahim
24,135 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “exigent” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exigent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exigent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exigent is uncommon English at frequency #75,860 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
exigent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant. The correct English form is exigent, spelled E-X-I-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- 2Demanding; requiring great effort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exigent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
Etymology
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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