nego

noun

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The verdict

“nego” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,630
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negro, afrodescendente

Corpus desk

Index PT-nego · nego · Portuguese

nego · rank #15,630 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,630
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH noutra

Nearest frequency peer: noutra (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “nego”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “nego” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nego vs no
50% similar
nego vs nem
50% similar
nego vs new
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nego
PropertyValue
Headwordnego
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,630
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “nego”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).negocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “noutra” (#15,632), “mourão” (#15,627), “opor” (#15,639). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nego” fica em #15,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nego, anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,630 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nego, with forms such as "engo", "neggo", and "neog". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nem", "new", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nego, spelled N-E-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    negro, afrodescendente
  2. 2
    tipo, sujeito
  3. 3
    pessoa do convívio com a qual se mantém relação de foro íntimo amoroso
  4. 4
    sangue-de-boi (pássaro)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nego appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ah, vá falar assim com as suas negas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • engo
  • neggo
  • neog
  • ngeo
  • nnego

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nego - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

engo2neggo1neog2ngeo2nnego1
Edit distance from "nego"

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 "nego"?
"nego" is spelled N-E-G-O.
What does "nego" mean?
As a noun, "nego" means: negro, afrodescendente
What words are commonly confused with "nego"?
"nego" is commonly confused with "no", "nem", "new". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "nego" come from?
"nego" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nego", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opor#15,639kara#15,604rush#15,676saca#15,678

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

bula5 variantsFiji5 variantsfosso5 variantspila5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list