deontologia

/djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/

//djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“deontologia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,044 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,044
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - teoria moral criada pelo filósofo e jurisconsulto inglês Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) que, rejeitando a importância de qualquer apelo ao dever e à consciência, compreende na tendência humana de perse...

Key facts for deontologia
PropertyValue
Headworddeontologia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “deontologia” 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). deontologia lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deontologia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,044 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

deontologia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is deontologia, spelled D-E-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    teoria moral criada pelo filósofo e jurisconsulto inglês Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) que, rejeitando a importância de qualquer apelo ao dever e à consciência, compreende na tendência humana de perseguir o prazer e fugir da dor o fundamento da ação eticamente correta; deontologismo
  2. 2
    conjunto de deveres profissionais do médico estabelecidos em um código específico
  3. 3
    conjunto de deveres profissionais de qualquer categoria profissional minuciados em códigos específicos

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 "deontologia"?
"deontologia" is spelled D-E-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/.
What does "deontologia" mean?
As a noun, "deontologia" means: teoria moral criada pelo filósofo e jurisconsulto inglês Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) que, rejeitando a importância de qualquer apelo ao dever e à consciência, compreende na tendência humana de perse...
How do you pronounce "deontologia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deontologia" is /djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deontologia" come from?
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Using “deontologia”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /djõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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