negacionismo

noun

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The verdict

“negacionismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,282 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,282
frequency rank, Portuguese
881
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - movimento político que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social

Key facts for negacionismo
PropertyValue
Headwordnegacionismo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “negacionismo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). negacionismo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

negacionismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,282 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for negacionismo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 negacionismo, spelled N-E-G-A-C-I-O-N-I-S-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento político que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social
  2. 2
    posição de quem nega a existência de um facto documentado ou de quem propõe interpretações não fundamentadas de fenómenos históricos já estudados; revisionismo

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 "negacionismo"?
"negacionismo" is spelled N-E-G-A-C-I-O-N-I-S-M-O.
What does "negacionismo" mean?
As a noun, "negacionismo" means: movimento político que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social
What language does "negacionismo" come from?
"negacionismo" 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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Using “negacionismo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-E-G-A-C-I-O-N-I-S-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list