promulgar

/pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/

//pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“promulgar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,045 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,045
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ordenar oficialmente a publicação de uma lei

Key facts for promulgar
PropertyValue
Headwordpromulgar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,045
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “promulgar” 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). promulgar 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

promulgar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,045 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ordenar oficialmente a publicação de uma lei".

promulgar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 promulgar, spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ordenar oficialmente a publicação de uma lei

This word in other languages

promulgate(English)promulgar(Español)promulguer(Français)

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 "promulgar"?
"promulgar" is spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "promulgar" mean?
As a verb, "promulgar" means: ordenar oficialmente a publicação de uma lei
How do you pronounce "promulgar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promulgar" is /pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promulgar" come from?
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Using “promulgar”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /pɾu.muɫ.ˈɡaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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