excecional

adj

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The verdict

“excecional” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,474 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,474
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - extraordinário

Key facts for excecional
PropertyValue
Headwordexcecional
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,474
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “excecional” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). excecional lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excecional is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,474 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "extraordinário".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for excecional, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is excecional, spelled E-X-C-E-C-I-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    extraordinário

This word in other languages

exceptional(English)excepcional(Español)exceptionnel(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excecional"?
"excecional" is spelled E-X-C-E-C-I-O-N-A-L.
What does "excecional" mean?
As an adjective, "excecional" means: extraordinário
What language does "excecional" come from?
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Using “excecional”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-C-E-C-I-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list