exigência

//ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,191

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

exigência is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou resultado de exigir Pronounced /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/. It ranks #8,191 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with existência and evidência.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of exigência in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for exigência is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,191 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for exigência, with forms such as "eixgência", "exgiência", and "exiggência". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "existência", "evidência", "eminência", 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 exigência, spelled E-X-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exigência

Misspelling Variants of "exigência"

eixgência9exgiência9exiggência10exignêcia9exigêcnia9exigêncai9exigênccia10exigênica9
Misspelling Variants of "exigência"

Frequency rank: #8,191 in Portuguese

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.