exemplo
The verdict
“exemplo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #334
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - descrição de um caso particular que ilustra e facilita o entendimento de uma regra geral
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exemplo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exemplo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around exemplo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #334 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exemplo, with forms such as "eexmplo", "exemlpo", and "exemmplo". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exemplar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is exemplo, spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-O.
Definition
- 1descrição de um caso particular que ilustra e facilita o entendimento de uma regra geral
- 2pessoa a qual deve ser imitada nas atitudes
- 3o que serve de lição
- 4o que demonstra a verdade de uma teoria
- 5castigo
- 6ditado
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eexmplo
- exemlpo
- exemmplo
- exempllo
- exempol
- exempplo
- exepmlo
- exmeplo
- exxemplo
- xeemplo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exemplo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “exemplo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-E-M-P-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “exemplar” - see the side-by-side comparison. exemplo vs exemplar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.