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 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,044
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index PT-deontologia · deontologia · Portuguese

deontologia · rank #56,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,044
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH descente

Nearest frequency peer: descente (+6 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 “deontologia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cauda longa: rank de “deontologia” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).deontologiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “descente” (#56,050), “descuidar” (#56,051), “cómoda” (#56,033). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deontologia” fica em #56,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deontologia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,044 among 1,193 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Obs.: confira utilitarismo

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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list