neonatologia

noun

The verdict

“neonatologia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,073 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,073
frequency rank, Portuguese
881
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ramo da pediatria que ocupa-se das crianças desde o nascimento até 28 dias de idade

Key facts for neonatologia
PropertyValue
Headwordneonatologia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “neonatologia” 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). neonatologia lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

neonatologia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,073 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ramo da pediatria que ocupa-se das crianças desde o nascimento até 28 dias de idade".

Zero misspellings are on record for neonatologia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is neonatologia, spelled N-E-O-N-A-T-O-L-O-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ramo da pediatria que ocupa-se das crianças desde o nascimento até 28 dias de idade

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 "neonatologia"?
"neonatologia" is spelled N-E-O-N-A-T-O-L-O-G-I-A.
What does "neonatologia" mean?
As a noun, "neonatologia" means: ramo da pediatria que ocupa-se das crianças desde o nascimento até 28 dias de idade
What language does "neonatologia" come from?
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Using “neonatologia”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-E-O-N-A-T-O-L-O-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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