deutério

/dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/

//dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o// noun

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The verdict

“deutério” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,485 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,485
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - isótopo estável do hidrogênio/hidrogénio com um próton/protão e um nêutron/neutrão no seu núcleo

Corpus desk

Index PT-deuterio · deutério · Portuguese

deutério · rank #75,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,485
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH deturpação

Nearest frequency peer: deturpação (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “deutério”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deutério” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deutério
PropertyValue
Headworddeutério
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,485
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “deutério” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).deutériocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “deturpação” (#75,484), “destarte” (#75,481), “doutrinar” (#75,493). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “deutério” fica em #75,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deutério is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,485 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "isótopo estável do hidrogênio/hidrogénio com um próton/protão e um nêutron/neutrão no seu núcleo".

deutério doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is deutério, spelled D-E-U-T-É-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    isótopo estável do hidrogênio/hidrogénio com um próton/protão e um nêutron/neutrão no seu núcleo

Synonyms

hidrogênio pesadohidrogénio pesado

This word in other languages

deuterium(English)deutérium(Français)Deuterium(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deutério"?
"deutério" is spelled D-E-U-T-É-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/.
What does "deutério" mean?
As a noun, "deutério" means: isótopo estável do hidrogênio/hidrogénio com um próton/protão e um nêutron/neutrão no seu núcleo
How do you pronounce "deutério"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deutério" is /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deutério" come from?
"deutério" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deutério", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

destarte#75,481Embratur#75,509feitoria#75,549Hawaiian#75,596

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list