demonizar
The verdict
“demonizar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,096 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,096
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tornar demoníaco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demonizar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “demonizar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
demonizar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,096 among 2,399 “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
- 1tornar demoníaco
- 2transformar(-se) em demônio
- 3atribuir àquilo que não se gosta características ruins para que outras pessoas evitem dar apoio
Synonyms
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 “demonizar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.