paleontologia

/pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/

//pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“paleontologia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,686 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,686
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ciência natural que estuda a vida animal e vegetal do passado da Terra e seu desenvolvimento ao longo do tempo geológico, bem como os processos de integração da informação biológica no registo geol...

Corpus desk

Index PT-paleontologia · paleontologia · Portuguese

paleontologia · rank #50,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,686
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pasión

Nearest frequency peer: pasión (+3 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 “paleontologia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for paleontologia
PropertyValue
Headwordpaleontologia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,686
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “paleontologia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.paleontologiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pasión” (#50,689), “outeiro” (#50,682), “passador” (#50,690). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “paleontologia” fica em #50,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paleontologia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,686 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ciência natural que estuda a vida animal e vegetal do passado da Terra e seu desenvolvimento ao longo do tempo geológico, bem como os processos de integração da informação biológica no registo geol...".

paleontologia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 paleontologia, spelled P-A-L-E-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciência natural que estuda a vida animal e vegetal do passado da Terra e seu desenvolvimento ao longo do tempo geológico, bem como os processos de integração da informação biológica no registo geológico, ou seja, os processos de formação dos fósseis

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 "paleontologia"?
"paleontologia" is spelled P-A-L-E-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/.
What does "paleontologia" mean?
As a noun, "paleontologia" means: ciência natural que estuda a vida animal e vegetal do passado da Terra e seu desenvolvimento ao longo do tempo geológico, bem como os processos de integração da informação biológica no registo geol...
How do you pronounce "paleontologia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paleontologia" is /pa.le.õ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paleontologia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list