argônio

//aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u// noun

The verdict

“argônio” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #71,496 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#71,496
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: elemento químico da classe dos gases nobres, possui o número atômico 18, massa atômica relativa de 39,948 e símbolo Ar; incolor e inerte, é encontrado em temperatura ambiente no estado gasoso, repr...

Key facts for argônio
PropertyValue
Headwordargônio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u/
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,496
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “argônio” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). argônio lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for argônio is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,496 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico da classe dos gases nobres, possui o número atômico 18, massa atômica relativa de 39,948 e símbolo Ar; incolor e inerte, é encontrado em temperatura ambiente no estado gasoso, repr...".

No misspelling variants are generated for argônio in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is argônio, spelled A-R-G-Ô-N-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    elemento químico da classe dos gases nobres, possui o número atômico 18, massa atômica relativa de 39,948 e símbolo Ar; incolor e inerte, é encontrado em temperatura ambiente no estado gasoso, representando 0,93% do volume da atmosfera terrestre; é utilizado em processos que exigem atmosfera inerte, como o interior das lâmpadas elétricas

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Frequency rank: #71,496 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "argônio"?
"argônio" is spelled A-R-G-Ô-N-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u/.
What does "argônio" mean?
As a noun, "argônio" means: elemento químico da classe dos gases nobres, possui o número atômico 18, massa atômica relativa de 39,948 e símbolo Ar; incolor e inerte, é encontrado em temperatura ambiente no estado gasoso, repr...
How do you pronounce "argônio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argônio" is /aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "argônio" come from?
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Using “argônio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-G-Ô-N-I-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aɦˈɡõ.nɪ.u/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.