iridio
[iˈɾið̞jo]
The verdict
“iridio” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico de número atómico 77 que se sitúa en el grupo 9 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ir. Fue descubierto en 1803 por el químico Smithson Tennant. Se trata de un me...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iridio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈɾið̞jo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iridio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
iridio is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈɾið̞jo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento químico de número atómico 77 que se sitúa en el grupo 9 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ir. Fue descubierto en 1803 por el químico Smithson Tennant. Se trata de un me...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for iridio, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is iridio, spelled I-R-I-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico de número atómico 77 que se sitúa en el grupo 9 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Su símbolo es Ir. Fue descubierto en 1803 por el químico Smithson Tennant. Se trata de un metal de transición, del grupo del platino, duro, frágil, pesado, de color blanco plateado.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “iridio”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-R-I-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iˈɾið̞jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.