exército

noun

The verdict

“exército” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #803 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#803
frequency rank, Portuguese
8
letters
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

Dominant Wiktionary sense: força armada ou corpo militar numeroso e bem organizado especializado em operações terrestres

Key facts for exército
PropertyValue
Headwordexército
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#803
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “exército” 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). exército lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for exército is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #803 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "força armada ou corpo militar numeroso e bem organizado especializado em operações terrestres".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for exército, with forms such as "exrécito", "exxército", and "exécrito". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exercício", "exercitar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 exército, spelled E-X-É-R-C-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    força armada ou corpo militar numeroso e bem organizado especializado em operações terrestres

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: exrécito,exxército,exécrito,exérccito,exérciot,exércitto,exérctio,exéricto,exérrcito,eéxrcito,xeército

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exército — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "exército"

exrécito2exxército1exécrito2exérccito1exérciot2exércitto1exérctio2exéricto2
Edit distance from "exército"

Frequency rank: #803 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exército"?
"exército" is spelled E-X-É-R-C-I-T-O.
What does "exército" mean?
As a noun, "exército" means: força armada ou corpo militar numeroso e bem organizado especializado em operações terrestres
What words are commonly confused with "exército"?
"exército" is commonly confused with "exercício", "exercitar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "exército" come from?
"exército" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “exército”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-É-R-C-I-T-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “exercício” — see the side-by-side comparison. exército vs exercício
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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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.