exegese
/ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/
The verdict
“exegese” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #48,408 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,408
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comentário para esclarecimento ou interpretação de um livro ou texto (especialmente religiosos), seguindo as diretrizes da hermenêutica
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exegese |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exegese” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for exegese is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,408 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for exegese, with forms such as "eexgese", "exeegse", and "exegees". 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 dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is exegese, spelled E-X-E-G-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1comentário para esclarecimento ou interpretação de um livro ou texto (especialmente religiosos), seguindo as diretrizes da hermenêutica
- 2nome dado à corrente de pensamento jurídico surgido após a Revolução Francesa e o Código Napoleônico, no qual a interpretação das leis deveria dar-se buscando o sentido literal destas que, portanto, devem ser coligidas em corpos legais onde se busque a completude, coerência e ausência de ambiguidades
- 3por extensão, a arte de interpretar as leis para sua aplicação (pelo juiz) ao caso concreto
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eexgese,exeegse,exegees,exegesse,exeggese,exegsee,exgeese,exxegese,xeegese
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exegese - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “exegese”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-E-G-E-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ek.seˈʒɛ.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.