berílio
/bɨ.ˈɾi.lju/
The verdict
“berílio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,344 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,344
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Be, possui o número atômico 4 e massa atômica relativa 9; é extraído de diversos minerais encontrados na natureza, como o berilo, a água-marinha e a esmeralda; é um meta...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | berílio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɨ.ˈɾi.lju/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “berílio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
berílio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,344 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɨ.ˈɾi.lju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Be, possui o número atômico 4 e massa atômica relativa 9; é extraído de diversos minerais encontrados na natureza, como o berilo, a água-marinha e a esmeralda; é um meta...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for berílio, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is berílio, spelled B-E-R-Í-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Be, possui o número atômico 4 e massa atômica relativa 9; é extraído de diversos minerais encontrados na natureza, como o berilo, a água-marinha e a esmeralda; é um metal alcalinoterroso, tóxico e de coloração cinza; é utilizado para aumentar a resistência de ligas metálicas utilizadas em reatores atômicos, foguetes e em equipamentos de precisão
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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 “berílio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-E-R-Í-L-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɨ.ˈɾi.lju/ (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.