deia

noun

The verdict

“deia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,612 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,612
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deusa, divindade de gênero feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-deia · deia · Portuguese

deia · rank #84,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,612
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH desapropriado

Nearest frequency peer: desapropriado (+8 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 “deia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deia
PropertyValue
Headworddeia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#84,612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “deia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.deiacai 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: “desapropriado” (#84,620), “deserve” (#84,624), “crepuscular” (#84,596). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deia” fica em #84,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,612 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

deia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 deia, spelled D-E-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    deusa, divindade de gênero feminino
  2. 2
    mulher muito bonita

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Transformando sonhos em realidade - A trajetória do ex-engraxate que chegou à lista da Forbes
  2. Romanceiro da Província de Trás-os-Montes distrito de Bragança · Volume 1

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 "deia"?
"deia" is spelled D-E-I-A.
What does "deia" mean?
As a noun, "deia" means: deusa, divindade de gênero feminino
What language does "deia" come from?
"deia" 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 "deia", 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