dengo

noun

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The verdict

“dengo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,494 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,494
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - denguice, carinho, carícia

Corpus desk

Index PT-dengo · dengo · Portuguese

dengo · rank #79,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,494
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH decrépito

Nearest frequency peer: decrépito (-6 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 “dengo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dengo
PropertyValue
Headworddengo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “dengo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).dengocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “decrépito” (#79,488), “croce” (#79,468), “courrier” (#79,460). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dengo” fica em #79,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dengo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,494 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dengo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dengo, spelled D-E-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    denguice, carinho, carícia
  2. 2
    delicadeza, meiguice, fragilidade
  3. 3
    birra infantil
  4. 4
    pessoa digna de afeto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ele é meu dengo.

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 "dengo"?
"dengo" is spelled D-E-N-G-O.
What does "dengo" mean?
As a noun, "dengo" means: denguice, carinho, carícia
What language does "dengo" come from?
"dengo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croce#79,468dopar#79,530furna#79,603yummy#79,267

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list