epigênese
/e.piˈʒẽ.ne.zi/
The verdict
“epigênese” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - teoria criada por Aristóteles em sua obra Da Geração dos Animais e renovada por Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1738 - 1794) em sua "Theoria Generationis", e ampliada por Karl Ernst von Baer (1792 - 1876) ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epigênese |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /e.piˈʒẽ.ne.zi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “epigênese” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
epigênese is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /e.piˈʒẽ.ne.zi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for epigênese, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is epigênese, spelled E-P-I-G-Ê-N-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1teoria criada por Aristóteles em sua obra Da Geração dos Animais e renovada por Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1738 - 1794) em sua "Theoria Generationis", e ampliada por Karl Ernst von Baer (1792 - 1876) de que - ao contrário da teoria do preformismo, da qual era antagônica - todos os organismos têm sua embriogênese composta por materiais e estruturas diferentes em cada etapa do desenvolvimento, a partir zigotos sem forma predefinida
- 2mudanças ocorridas no conteúdo mineral da rocha após sua formação, causadas por fatores externos como a penetração por intrusão
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “epigênese”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-P-I-G-Ê-N-E-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /e.piˈʒẽ.ne.zi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.