exigir

//i.zi.ˈʒiɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,293

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

exigir is aPortugueseverb. It means: requerer, reclamar em virtude de um direito Pronounced /i.zi.ˈʒiɾ/. It ranks #6,293 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with exímio and exibir.

Key facts for exigir
PropertyValue
Headwordexigir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/i.zi.ˈʒiɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,293
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for exigir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.zi.ˈʒiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,293 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for exigir, with forms such as "eixgir", "exgiir", and "exiggir". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "exímio", "exibir", "emitir", and more, 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 exigir, spelled E-X-I-G-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    requerer, reclamar em virtude de um direito
  2. 2
    ordenar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eixgir,exgiir,exiggir,exigirr,exigri,exiigr,exxigir,xeigir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for exigir

Misspelling Variants of "exigir"

eixgir6exgiir6exiggir7exigirr7exigri6exiigr6exxigir7xeigir6
Misspelling Variants of "exigir"

Frequency rank: #6,293 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exigir"?
"exigir" is spelled E-X-I-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /i.zi.ˈʒiɾ/.
What does "exigir" mean?
As a verb, "exigir" means: requerer, reclamar em virtude de um direito
What words are commonly confused with "exigir"?
"exigir" is commonly confused with "exímio", "exibir", "emitir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exigir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exigir" is /i.zi.ˈʒiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exigir" come from?
"exigir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.