odontologia
/ɔ.dõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/
The verdict
“odontologia” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #20,068 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,068
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ciência de estudo, conhecimento e tratamento que abrange além da boca, a cabeça e o pescoço; o principal foco em boca abrange os dentes, os lábios, a língua e todas as demais estruturas presentes n...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | odontologia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.dõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #20,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “odontologia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for odontologia is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.dõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,068 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ciência de estudo, conhecimento e tratamento que abrange além da boca, a cabeça e o pescoço; o principal foco em boca abrange os dentes, os lábios, a língua e todas as demais estruturas presentes n...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for odontologia, with forms such as "doontologia", "oddontologia", and "odnotologia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is odontologia, spelled O-D-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A.
Definition
- 1ciência de estudo, conhecimento e tratamento que abrange além da boca, a cabeça e o pescoço; o principal foco em boca abrange os dentes, os lábios, a língua e todas as demais estruturas presentes nessa região, não adentrando no campo do otorrinolaringologista ou outras especialidades médicas
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: doontologia,oddontologia,odnotologia,odonntologia,odonotlogia,odontloogia,odontolgoia,odontollogia,odontologai,odontologgia,odontoloiga,odontoolgia,odonttologia,odotnologia,oodntologia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of odontologia - 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 “odontologia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-D-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔ.dõ.tu.lu.ˈʒi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.