deny
/dɪˈnaɪ/
The verdict
“deny” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,140 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,140
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negar
Corpus desk
Index PT-deny · deny · Portuguese
deny · rank #81,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,140
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desanuviar
Nearest frequency peer: desanuviar (+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 “deny”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- convenciona…
convencionalmente
18,891 corpus weight
- cuoco
cuoco
18,880 corpus weight
- dativo
dativo
18,868 corpus weight
- deny
deny
18,861 corpus weight
- desanuviar
desanuviar
18,855 corpus weight
- desgraçar
desgraçar
18,848 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deny” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deny |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈnaɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “deny” em português
Rare enough to double-check
deny is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,140 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪˈnaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "negar".
deny doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is deny, spelled D-E-N-Y.
Definition
- 1negar
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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