demonizar

verb

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The verdict

“demonizar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,096 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,096
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar demoníaco

Corpus desk

Index PT-demonizar · demonizar · Portuguese

demonizar · rank #64,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,096
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desmoralizado

Nearest frequency peer: desmoralizado (+12 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “demonizar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “demonizar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for demonizar
PropertyValue
Headworddemonizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “demonizar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.demonizarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “desmoralizado” (#64,108), “destrancar” (#64,110), “creditar” (#64,074). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “demonizar” fica em #64,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

demonizar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,096 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for demonizar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is demonizar, spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar demoníaco
  2. 2
    transformar(-se) em demônio
  3. 3
    atribuir àquilo que não se gosta características ruins para que outras pessoas evitem dar apoio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how demonizar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Em 2013, os movimentos sociais foram demonizados pela mídia burguesa brasileira.

Synonyms

diabolizarsatanizar

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 "demonizar"?
"demonizar" is spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-R.
What does "demonizar" mean?
As a verb, "demonizar" means: tornar demoníaco
What language does "demonizar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enamorado#64,143cathedral#64,039amortecer#63,968harmónica#64,232

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list