exemplo

noun

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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
1,279
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - descrição de um caso particular que ilustra e facilita o entendimento de uma regra geral

Corpus desk

Index PT-exemplo · exemplo · Portuguese

exemplo · rank #334 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #334
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH falta

Nearest frequency peer: falta (+1 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 “exemplo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “exemplo” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exemplo vs exemplar
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exemplo
PropertyValue
Headwordexemplo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#334
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “exemplo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).exemplocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “falta” (#335), “estados” (#332), “favor” (#336). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “exemplo” fica em #334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around exemplo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #334 among 1,279 “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

  1. 1
    descrição de um caso particular que ilustra e facilita o entendimento de uma regra geral
  2. 2
    pessoa a qual deve ser imitada nas atitudes
  3. 3
    o que serve de lição
  4. 4
    o que demonstra a verdade de uma teoria
  5. 5
    castigo
  6. 6
    ditado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fulano é um exemplo de funcionário.

Synonyms

aneximpuniçãoreprimendaadágioprovérbiorifão

This word in other languages

example(English)ejemplo(Español)exemple(Français)Beispiel(Deutsch)

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.

eexmplo2exemlpo2exemmplo1exempllo1exempol2exempplo1exepmlo2exmeplo2
Edit distance from "exemplo"

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 "exemplo"?
"exemplo" is spelled E-X-E-M-P-L-O.
What does "exemplo" mean?
As a noun, "exemplo" means: descrição de um caso particular que ilustra e facilita o entendimento de uma regra geral
What words are commonly confused with "exemplo"?
"exemplo" is commonly confused with "exemplar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "exemplo" come from?
"exemplo" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

estados#332polícia#357público#300projeto#288

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

processo10 variantssistema10 variantspossível10 variantsdifícil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list