exegese

/ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/

//ek.seˈʒɛ.zi// noun

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The verdict

“exegese” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,408
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comentário para esclarecimento ou interpretação de um livro ou texto (especialmente religiosos), seguindo as diretrizes da hermenêutica

Corpus desk

Index PT-exegese · exegese · Portuguese

exegese · rank #48,408 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,408
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH eufórico

Nearest frequency peer: eufórico (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “exegese”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “exegese” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exegese
PropertyValue
Headwordexegese
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,408
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “exegese”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).exegesecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “eufórico” (#48,404), “extenuante” (#48,412), “etimologia” (#48,403). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “exegese” fica em #48,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around exegese (IPA /ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,408 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    comentário para esclarecimento ou interpretação de um livro ou texto (especialmente religiosos), seguindo as diretrizes da hermenêutica
  2. 2
    nome 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
  3. 3
    por extensão, a arte de interpretar as leis para sua aplicação (pelo juiz) ao caso concreto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exegese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O art. 5º, XII, da CF, a seu turno, não dá margem a outra exegese que não a de que a lei somente pode autorizar a suspensão do sigilo de comunicações privadas para fins de investigação criminal ou instrução processual penal.

Synonyms

comentárioelucidaçãoexplicaçãoexposiçãointerpretação

This word in other languages

exegesis(English)exégesis(Español)exégèse(Français)Exegese(Deutsch)

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.

eexgese2exeegse2exegees2exegesse1exeggese1exegsee2exgeese2exxegese1
Edit distance from "exegese"

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 "exegese"?
"exegese" is spelled E-X-E-G-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/.
What does "exegese" mean?
As a noun, "exegese" means: comentário para esclarecimento ou interpretação de um livro ou texto (especialmente religiosos), seguindo as diretrizes da hermenêutica
What are common misspellings of "exegese"?
Common misspellings include "eexgese", "exeegse", "exegees", "exegesse", "exeggese". The correct spelling is "exegese".
How do you pronounce "exegese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exegese" is /ek.seˈʒɛ.zi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exegese" come from?
"exegese" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exegese", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

coágulo9 variantsmarriage9 variantsourives9 variantspastar9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list