exigente

/i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/

//i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“exigente” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,284
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que exige

Corpus desk

Index PT-exigente · exigente · Portuguese

exigente · rank #16,284 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,284
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esquentar

Nearest frequency peer: esquentar (-3 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 “exigente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “exigente” 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).

exigente vs expoente
75% similar
exigente vs existente
78% similar
exigente vs evidente
75% similar

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

Key facts for exigente
PropertyValue
Headwordexigente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,284
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “exigente”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).exigentecai 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 “esquentar” (#16,281), “fugitivo” (#16,293), “genérico” (#16,295). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “exigente” fica em #16,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around exigente (IPA /i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,284 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for exigente, with forms such as "eixgente", "exgiente", and "exiegnte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "expoente", "existente", "evidente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is exigente, spelled E-X-I-G-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que exige
  2. 2
    impertinente
  3. 3
    que dificilmente se satisfaz

This word in other languages

exigent(English)exigente(Español)exigeant(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixgente
  • exgiente
  • exiegnte
  • exigenet
  • exigennte
  • exigentte
  • exigetne
  • exiggente
  • exignete
  • exxigente
  • xeigente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exigente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eixgente2exgiente2exiegnte2exigenet2exigennte1exigentte1exigetne2exiggente1
Edit distance from "exigente"

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 "exigente"?
"exigente" is spelled E-X-I-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/.
What does "exigente" mean?
As an adjective, "exigente" means: que exige
What words are commonly confused with "exigente"?
"exigente" is commonly confused with "expoente", "existente", "evidente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exigente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exigente" is /i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exigente" come from?
"exigente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fugitivo#16,293genérico#16,295conserva#16,259Botswana#16,236

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bacalhau11 variantsalavanca11 variantspalmeira11 variantsreclusão11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list