dogma
/ˈdɔɡ.mɐ/
The verdict
“dogma” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #24,298 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,298
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ponto inquestionável de uma doutrina
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dogma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔɡ.mɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dogma” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for dogma is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɔɡ.mɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,298 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dogma, with forms such as "ddogma", "dgoma", and "dogam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dom", "dona", "dogs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 dogma, spelled D-O-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1ponto inquestionável de uma doutrina
- 2princípio autoritário, crença ou declaração, principalmente aquele reconhecido como verdade absoluta e indisputável, independentemente de evidências ou sem indicíos para suportá-lo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddogma,dgoma,dogam,doggma,dogmma,domga,odgma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dogma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “dogma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-O-G-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɔɡ.mɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dom” - see the side-by-side comparison. dogma vs dom
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.