selenio
[seˈlenjo]
The verdict
“selenio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,102 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,102
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El selenio es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Se y su número atómico es 34.
Corpus desk
Index ES-selenio · selenio · Spanish
selenio · rank #58,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,102
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH segurísimo
Nearest frequency peer: segurísimo (-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 “selenio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sava
sava
41,903 corpus weight
- scroll
scroll
41,902 corpus weight
- segurísimo
segurísimo
41,900 corpus weight
- selenio
selenio
41,899 corpus weight
- shoe
shoe
41,895 corpus weight
- sideral
sideral
41,894 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “selenio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selenio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈlenjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “selenio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
selenio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,102 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈlenjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El selenio es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Se y su número atómico es 34.".
Zero misspellings are on record for selenio in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is selenio, spelled S-E-L-E-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1El selenio es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Se y su número atómico es 34.
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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