deão

/ˈdjɐ̃w̃/

//ˈdjɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“deão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,805 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,805
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dignitário eclesiástico que preside ao cabido

Corpus desk

Index PT-deao · deão · Portuguese

deão · rank #91,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,805
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH despreocupação

Nearest frequency peer: despreocupação (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “deão”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deão
PropertyValue
Headworddeão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdjɐ̃w̃/
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “deão” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.deãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “despreocupação” (#91,803), “despojar” (#91,801), “diletante” (#91,809). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deão” fica em #91,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,805 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdjɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dignitário eclesiástico que preside ao cabido".

deão doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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. The correct Portuguese form is deão, spelled D-E-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    dignitário eclesiástico que preside ao cabido

This word in other languages

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 "deão"?
"deão" is spelled D-E-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdjɐ̃w̃/.
What does "deão" mean?
As a noun, "deão" means: dignitário eclesiástico que preside ao cabido
How do you pronounce "deão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deão" is /ˈdjɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deão" come from?
"deão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list