exigência

/ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/

//ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ// noun

The verdict

“exigência” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,191
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação ou resultado de exigir

Corpus desk

Index PT-exigencia · exigência · Portuguese

exigência · rank #8,191 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,191
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH entorno

Nearest frequency peer: entorno (-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 “exigência”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “exigência” 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).

exigência vs existência
80% similar
exigência vs evidência
78% similar
exigência vs eminência
78% similar

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

Key facts for exigência
PropertyValue
Headwordexigência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,191
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “exigência”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “entorno” (#8,187), “farol” (#8,197), “distribuir” (#8,182). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “exigência” fica em #8,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around exigência (IPA /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,191 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for exigência, with forms such as "eixgência", "exgiência", and "exiggência". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "existência", "evidência", "eminência", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is exigência, spelled E-X-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou resultado de exigir
  2. 2
    pretensão caprichosa e desmedida
  3. 3
    o que é reivindicado como forma de pagamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Por exigência dos senadores, o ministro propôs a redução de 0,01 ponto porcentual ao ano até 2011 já no texto do projeto em discussão.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixgência
  • exgiência
  • exiggência
  • exignêcia
  • exigêcnia
  • exigêncai
  • exigênccia
  • exigênica
  • exigênncia
  • exiêgncia
  • exxigência
  • xeigência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eixgência2exgiência2exiggência1exignêcia2exigêcnia2exigêncai2exigênccia1exigênica2
Edit distance from "exigência"

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 "exigência"?
"exigência" is spelled E-X-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/.
What does "exigência" mean?
As a noun, "exigência" means: ação ou resultado de exigir
What words are commonly confused with "exigência"?
"exigência" is commonly confused with "existência", "evidência", "eminência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exigência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exigência" is /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exigência" come from?
"exigência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list