Which to use
“exame” and “êxtase” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,074
- “exame” frequency rank
- #19,033
- “êxtase” frequency rank
- 22107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exame | êxtase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato de examinar | estado, causado em geral por alegria, prática religiosa, ou outra emoção forte, em que o indivíduo se sente transportado para fora de si próprio, elevado a realidades que ultrapassam o sensível |
Where the eye mixes exame and êxtase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. exame runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against êxtase's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses exame with êxtase
A purely visual mix-up. exame (/i.ˈzɐ.mɨ/) and êxtase (/ˈɐjʃ.tɐ.zɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exame is recorded at frequency rank #3,074, classified as anoun, pronounced /i.ˈzɐ.mɨ/. êxtase is at rank #19,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐjʃ.tɐ.zɨ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22107, this pair ranks #48,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exame vs êxtase
Shared letters: aex. Private to "exame": m. Private to "êxtase": stê.
"exame" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "êxtase" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exame ← eaxme · exaem · examme · exmae · exxame · xeame
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exame" and "êxtase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "exame" or "êxtase" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exame" and "êxtase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "êxtase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exame" and "êxtase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excuse vs êxtase". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #48,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.