exatamente
/i.za.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“exatamente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,075 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #1,075
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo exato
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exatamente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /i.za.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exatamente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for exatamente is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.za.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,075 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo exato".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for exatamente, with forms such as "eaxtamente", "exaatmente", and "exataemnte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is exatamente, spelled E-X-A-T-A-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo exato
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eaxtamente,exaatmente,exataemnte,exatamenet,exatamennte,exatamentte,exatametne,exatammente,exatamnete,exatmaente,exattamente,extaamente,exxatamente,xeatamente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exatamente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “exatamente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-A-T-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.za.tɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ (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.