polonio
[poˈlonjo]
The verdict
“polonio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,818 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,818
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elemento químico en la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Po y su número atómico es 84. Se trata de un raro metaloide radioactivo, químicamente similar al teluro y al bismuto, present...
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Index ES-polonio · polonio · Spanish
polonio · rank #55,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,818
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH políglota
Nearest frequency peer: políglota (+1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “polonio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pilsen
pilsen
44,188 corpus weight
- pitillo
pitillo
44,186 corpus weight
- planificados
planificados
44,185 corpus weight
- polonio
polonio
44,183 corpus weight
- políglota
políglota
44,182 corpus weight
- ponto
ponto
44,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “polonio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polonio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈlonjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “polonio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
polonio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,818 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈlonjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento químico en la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Po y su número atómico es 84. Se trata de un raro metaloide radioactivo, químicamente similar al teluro y al bismuto, present...".
No misspelling variants are generated for polonio in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is polonio, spelled P-O-L-O-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico en la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Po y su número atómico es 84. Se trata de un raro metaloide radioactivo, químicamente similar al teluro y al bismuto, presente en minerales de uranio.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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