exigía

[eksiˈxia]

/[eksiˈxia]/ verb

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The verdict

“exigía” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,098
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-exigia · exigía · Spanish

exigía · rank #16,098 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,098
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH excluye

Nearest frequency peer: excluye (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “exigía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “exigía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exigía vs exija
67% similar
exigía vs exigir
67% similar
exigía vs exista
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exigía
PropertyValue
Headwordexigía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksiˈxia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,098
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “exigía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).exigíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “excluye” (#16,097), “explicaron” (#16,099), “estímulos” (#16,096). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “exigía” va en #16,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around exigía (IPA [eksiˈxia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,098 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for exigía, with forms such as "eixgía", "exgiía", and "exigaí". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "exija", "exigir", "exista", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 Spanish form is exigía, spelled E-X-I-G-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixgía
  • exgiía
  • exigaí
  • exiggía
  • exiíga
  • exxigía
  • xeigía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exigía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eixgía2exgiía2exigaí2exiggía1exiíga2exxigía1xeigía2
Edit distance from "exigía"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exigía"?
"exigía" is spelled E-X-I-G-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eksiˈxia].
What does "exigía" mean?
As a verb, "exigía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir.
What words are commonly confused with "exigía"?
"exigía" is commonly confused with "exija", "exigir", "exista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exigía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exigía" is [eksiˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exigía" come from?
"exigía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exigía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ermita#16,090enfoca#16,086divisa#16,078helada#16,124

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fijan7 variantsgates7 variantslotes7 variantschota7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list