exoplaneta
/ek.so.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plɐˈne.tɐ/
The verdict
“exoplaneta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,313 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,313
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - são todos os corpos celestes que orbitam estrelas, anãs marrons ou remanescentes estelares, com uma massa inferior a treze massas de Júpiter no máximo e cuja massa/tamanho mínimo deve ser o mesmo u...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exoplaneta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ek.so.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plɐˈne.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exoplaneta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
exoplaneta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,313 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ek.so.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plɐˈne.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "são todos os corpos celestes que orbitam estrelas, anãs marrons ou remanescentes estelares, com uma massa inferior a treze massas de Júpiter no máximo e cuja massa/tamanho mínimo deve ser o mesmo u...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exoplaneta, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is exoplaneta, spelled E-X-O-P-L-A-N-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1são todos os corpos celestes que orbitam estrelas, anãs marrons ou remanescentes estelares, com uma massa inferior a treze massas de Júpiter no máximo e cuja massa/tamanho mínimo deve ser o mesmo usado para caracterizar um planeta no sistema solar, inicialmente de existência especulativa até a primeira detecção comprovada em 1992, número que aumentou até dezembro de 2024 a mais de sete mil exoplanetas confirmados
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “exoplaneta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-O-P-L-A-N-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ek.so.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plaˈne.tɐ/, /e.zo.plɐˈne.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.