exigen

/[ekˈsixẽn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,301

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

exigen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exigir. Pronounced [ekˈsixẽn]. It ranks #6,301 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with exime and exigir.

Key facts for exigen
PropertyValue
Headwordexigen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ekˈsixẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,301
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for exigen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekˈsixẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,301 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exigir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for exigen, with forms such as "eixgen", "exgien", and "exiegn". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "exime", "exigir", "exigió", 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 exigen, spelled E-X-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exigir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eixgen,exgien,exiegn,exigenn,exiggen,exigne,exxigen,xeigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exigen

Misspelling Variants of "exigen"

eixgen6exgien6exiegn6exigenn7exiggen7exigne6exxigen7xeigen6
Misspelling Variants of "exigen"

Frequency rank: #6,301 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exigen"?
"exigen" is spelled E-X-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ekˈsixẽn].
What does "exigen" mean?
As a verb, "exigen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exigir.
What words are commonly confused with "exigen"?
"exigen" is commonly confused with "exime", "exigir", "exigió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exigen" is [ekˈsixẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exigen" come from?
"exigen" 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.