impugnar
/ĩ.pu.ˈɡnaɾ/
The verdict
“impugnar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,663 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,663
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pugnar contra
Corpus desk
Index PT-impugnar · impugnar · Portuguese
impugnar · rank #79,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,663
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH idílico
Nearest frequency peer: idílico (-11 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 “impugnar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- genealógico
genealógico
20,386 corpus weight
- habilitando
habilitando
20,372 corpus weight
- haj
haj
20,370 corpus weight
- idílico
idílico
20,349 corpus weight
- impugnar
impugnar
20,338 corpus weight
- jocoso
jocoso
20,301 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “impugnar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impugnar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ĩ.pu.ˈɡnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “impugnar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
impugnar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,663 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ĩ.pu.ˈɡnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for impugnar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is impugnar, spelled I-M-P-U-G-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1pugnar contra
- 2ser contrário a
- 3declarar como falso, como não válido
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impugnar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A candidatura foi impugnada.
This word in other languages
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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