# denominar vs dominar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### denominar
*verb · frequency rank #30,911*
dar um nome a algo

### dominar
*verb · IPA /du.mi.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,644*
ter autoridade sobre

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/denominar-vs-dominar