alumínio
/ɐ.lu.ˈmi.nju/
The verdict
“alumínio” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,847 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,847
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Al, possui o número atômico 13 e massa atômica relativa de 26.981; é o elemento metálico mais abundante da crosta terrestre; devido à sua leveza, condutividade elétrica ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alumínio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.lu.ˈmi.nju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alumínio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for alumínio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.lu.ˈmi.nju/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,847 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico de símbolo Al, possui o número atômico 13 e massa atômica relativa de 26.981; é o elemento metálico mais abundante da crosta terrestre; devido à sua leveza, condutividade elétrica ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alumínio, with forms such as "allumínio", "almuínio", and "alummínio". 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 close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is alumínio, spelled A-L-U-M-Í-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Al, possui o número atômico 13 e massa atômica relativa de 26.981; é o elemento metálico mais abundante da crosta terrestre; devido à sua leveza, condutividade elétrica e resistência à corrosão, é muito empregado na indústria aeronáutica, naval e elétrica; é muito utilizado também em revestimentos de espelhos e embalagens de alimentos
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: allumínio,almuínio,alummínio,alumníio,alumíino,alumínnio,alumínoi,aluímnio,aulmínio,laumínio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alumínio - 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 “alumínio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-U-M-Í-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.lu.ˈmi.nju/ (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.