negão

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,931

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

negão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aumentativo de nego Often confused with neto and neta.

Key facts for negão
PropertyValue
Headwordnegão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,931
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for negão is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #18,931 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aumentativo de nego".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for negão, with forms such as "engão", "neggão", and "negoã". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "neto", "neta", "nego", 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 negão, spelled N-E-G-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aumentativo de nego

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: engão,neggão,negoã,neãgo,ngeão,nnegão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for negão

Misspelling Variants of "negão"

engão5neggão6negoã5neãgo5ngeão5nnegão6
Misspelling Variants of "negão"

Frequency rank: #18,931 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "negão"?
"negão" is spelled N-E-G-Ã-O.
What does "negão" mean?
As a noun, "negão" means: aumentativo de nego
What words are commonly confused with "negão"?
"negão" is commonly confused with "neto", "neta", "nego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "negão" come from?
"negão" 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 N in our Portuguese index:

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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.