expediente

//ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ// adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,806

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

expediente is anPortugueseadj. It means: diz-se daquilo que resolve um problema ou um embaraço Pronounced /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/. Often confused with experiente and excedente.

Key facts for expediente
PropertyValue
Headwordexpediente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,806
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for expediente is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,806 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se daquilo que resolve um problema ou um embaraço".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for expediente, with forms such as "epxediente", "exepdiente", and "expdeiente". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "experiente", "excedente", 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 expediente, spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se daquilo que resolve um problema ou um embaraço

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxediente,exepdiente,expdeiente,expeddiente,expedeinte,expedienet,expediennte,expedientte,expedietne,expedinete,expeidente,exppediente,exxpediente,xepediente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for expediente

Misspelling Variants of "expediente"

epxediente10exepdiente10expdeiente10expeddiente11expedeinte10expedienet10expediennte11expedientte11
Misspelling Variants of "expediente"

Frequency rank: #15,806 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expediente"?
"expediente" is spelled E-X-P-E-D-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/.
What does "expediente" mean?
As an adj, "expediente" means: diz-se daquilo que resolve um problema ou um embaraço
What words are commonly confused with "expediente"?
"expediente" is commonly confused with "experiente", "excedente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expediente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expediente" is /ɐjʃ.pɨ.ˈdjẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expediente" come from?
"expediente" 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.