ignorar

//i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,824

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

ignorar is aPortugueseverb. It means: não saber, não conhecer Pronounced /i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ/. It ranks #4,824 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with inovar and ignoro.

Key facts for ignorar
PropertyValue
Headwordignorar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,824
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ignorar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,824 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 ignorar, with forms such as "ginorar", "iggnorar", and "ignnorar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "inovar", "ignoro", "ignora", 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 ignorar, spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    não saber, não conhecer
  2. 2
    desconsiderar propositalmente
  3. 3
    não possuir determinado atributo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ginorar,iggnorar,ignnorar,ignoarr,ignorarr,ignorra,ignorrar,ignroar,igonrar,ingorar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ignorar

Misspelling Variants of "ignorar"

ginorar7iggnorar8ignnorar8ignoarr7ignorarr8ignorra7ignorrar8ignroar7
Misspelling Variants of "ignorar"

Frequency rank: #4,824 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ignorar"?
"ignorar" is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ/.
What does "ignorar" mean?
As a verb, "ignorar" means: não saber, não conhecer
What words are commonly confused with "ignorar"?
"ignorar" is commonly confused with "inovar", "ignoro", "ignora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ignorar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ignorar" is /i.ɡnu.ˈɾaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ignorar" come from?
"ignorar" 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 I 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.