dominar

//du.mi.ˈnaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,644

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

dominar is aPortugueseverb. It means: ter autoridade sobre Pronounced /du.mi.ˈnaɾ/. It ranks #6,644 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with domino and domingo.

Key facts for dominar
PropertyValue
Headworddominar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/du.mi.ˈnaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,644
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dominar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for dominar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /du.mi.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,644 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dominar, with forms such as "ddominar", "dmoinar", and "doimnar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "domino", "domingo", "domínio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is dominar, spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ter autoridade sobre
  2. 2
    ter poder sobre
  3. 3
    exercer influência sobre
  4. 4
    conter a si próprio; vencer as próprias inclinações ou paixões; refrear-se, reprimir-se.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddominar,dmoinar,doimnar,domianr,dominarr,dominnar,dominra,domminar,domniar,odminar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dominar

Misspelling Variants of "dominar"

ddominar8dmoinar7doimnar7domianr7dominarr8dominnar8dominra7domminar8
Misspelling Variants of "dominar"

Frequency rank: #6,644 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dominar"?
"dominar" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /du.mi.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "dominar" mean?
As a verb, "dominar" means: ter autoridade sobre
What words are commonly confused with "dominar"?
"dominar" is commonly confused with "domino", "domingo", "domínio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dominar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominar" is /du.mi.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominar" come from?
"dominar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.