examen

/[ekˈsamẽn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,024

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

examen is aSpanishnoun. It means: Escrutinio analítico que se lleva a cabo acerca de las características o circunstancias de algo. Pronounced [ekˈsamẽn]. It ranks #2,024 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with exime and exigen.

Key facts for examen
PropertyValue
Headwordexamen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekˈsamẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,024
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of examen in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for examen is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekˈsamẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,024 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for examen, with forms such as "eaxmen", "exaemn", and "examenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "exime", "exigen", "examina", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is examen, spelled E-X-A-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Escrutinio analítico que se lleva a cabo acerca de las características o circunstancias de algo.
  2. 2
    Prueba para evaluar y juzgar la comprensión y el aprovechamiento de lo estudiado por un alumno, discípulo, etc.
  3. 3
    Prueba que se hace para estimar la idoneidad de una persona en el ejercicio de una tarea u oficio específico.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eaxmen,exaemn,examenn,exammen,examne,exmaen,exxamen,xeamen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for examen

Misspelling Variants of "examen"

eaxmen6exaemn6examenn7exammen7examne6exmaen6exxamen7xeamen6
Misspelling Variants of "examen"

Frequency rank: #2,024 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "examen"?
"examen" is spelled E-X-A-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ekˈsamẽn].
What does "examen" mean?
As a noun, "examen" means: Escrutinio analítico que se lleva a cabo acerca de las características o circunstancias de algo.
What words are commonly confused with "examen"?
"examen" is commonly confused with "exime", "exigen", "examina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "examen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "examen" is [ekˈsamẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "examen" come from?
"examen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.