negócio

//nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#969

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

negócio is aPortuguesenoun. It means: comércio Pronounced /nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju/. It ranks #969 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with negação and negociar.

Key facts for negócio
PropertyValue
Headwordnegócio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju/
Letters7
Frequency rank#969
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for negócio is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju/. Corpus data places it at rank #969 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for negócio, with forms such as "engócio", "negcóio", and "neggócio". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "negação", "negociar", 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 negócio, spelled N-E-G-Ó-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    comércio
  2. 2
    empresa
  3. 3
    coisa, troço

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: engócio,negcóio,neggócio,negóccio,negócoi,negóico,neógcio,ngeócio,nnegócio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for negócio

Misspelling Variants of "negócio"

engócio7negcóio7neggócio8negóccio8negócoi7negóico7neógcio7ngeócio7
Misspelling Variants of "negócio"

Frequency rank: #969 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "negócio"?
"negócio" is spelled N-E-G-Ó-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju/.
What does "negócio" mean?
As a noun, "negócio" means: comércio
What words are commonly confused with "negócio"?
"negócio" is commonly confused with "negação", "negociar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "negócio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "negócio" is /nɨ.ˈɡɔ.sju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "negócio" come from?
"negócio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.