enxame

//ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,973

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

enxame is aPortuguesenoun. It means: agrupamento de abelhas da mesma colmeia Pronounced /ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ/. Often confused with exame and enorme.

Key facts for enxame
PropertyValue
Headwordenxame
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,973
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enxame in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for enxame is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,973 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "agrupamento de abelhas da mesma colmeia".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for enxame, with forms such as "enaxme", "ennxame", and "enxaem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exame", "enorme", "enlace", 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 Portuguese form is enxame, spelled E-N-X-A-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    agrupamento de abelhas da mesma colmeia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enaxme,ennxame,enxaem,enxamme,enxmae,enxxame,exname,nexame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enxame

Misspelling Variants of "enxame"

enaxme6ennxame7enxaem6enxamme7enxmae6enxxame7exname6nexame6
Misspelling Variants of "enxame"

Frequency rank: #32,973 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enxame"?
"enxame" is spelled E-N-X-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ/.
What does "enxame" mean?
As a noun, "enxame" means: agrupamento de abelhas da mesma colmeia
What words are commonly confused with "enxame"?
"enxame" is commonly confused with "exame", "enorme", "enlace". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enxame"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enxame" is /ẽ.ˈʃɐ.mɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enxame" come from?
"enxame" is a Portuguese 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.