denegar
/dənəˈɡar/
The verdict
“denegar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negar, recusar
Corpus desk
Index PT-denegar · denegar · Portuguese
denegar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denegar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dənəˈɡar/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “denegar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
denegar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dənəˈɡar/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "negar, recusar".
No generated misspelling entries exist for denegar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is denegar, spelled D-E-N-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1negar, recusar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.