deutério

Name: deutério, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/

//dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“deutério” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,485 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,485
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,399
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - isótopo estável do hidrogênio/hidrogénio com um próton/protão e um nêutron/neutrão no seu núcleo

Key facts for deutério
Property	Value
Headword	deutério
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#75,485
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “deutério” 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). deutério lands here:

#75,485

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

deutério is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,485 among 2,399 “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
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?

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Using “deutério”

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

The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-E-U-T-É-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾjo/, /dew.ˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ (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.