excrescência

//ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ// noun

The verdict

“excrescência” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #86,441 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#86,441
frequency rank, Portuguese
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: saliência

Key facts for excrescência
PropertyValue
Headwordexcrescência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#86,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “excrescência” 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). excrescência lands here:

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for excrescência is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #86,441 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for excrescência in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 excrescência, spelled E-X-C-R-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    saliência
  2. 2
    espécie de tumor que se forma na parte exterior do corpo do homem ou de um animal
  3. 3
    excesso

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #86,441 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excrescência"?
"excrescência" is spelled E-X-C-R-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "excrescência" mean?
As a noun, "excrescência" means: saliência
How do you pronounce "excrescência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excrescência" is /ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excrescência" come from?
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Using “excrescência”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-C-R-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɐjʃ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.