elemento

//i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,136

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

elemento is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aquilo que é simples Pronounced /i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/. It ranks #3,136 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with elementar.

Key facts for elemento
PropertyValue
Headwordelemento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,136
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of elemento in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for elemento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,136 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for elemento, with forms such as "eelmento", "eleemnto", and "elemennto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "elementar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 elemento, spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquilo que é simples
  2. 2
    o que se pensa impossível de decompor
  3. 3
    o que é um componente de um todo
  4. 4
    matéria-prima
  5. 5
    meio preferido ou natural
  6. 6
    substância simples com número atómico bem determinado
  7. 7
    o fogo, a água, o ar e a terra, tidos em tempos como os constituintes do Universo
  8. 8
    os conhecimentos tidos como básicos, introdutórios, essenciais de um ramo de saber
  9. 9
    princípios; rudimentos
  10. 10
    pessoa
  11. 11
    ser, animal

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelmento,eleemnto,elemennto,elemenot,elementto,elemetno,elemmento,elemneto,ellemento,elmeento,leemento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for elemento

Misspelling Variants of "elemento"

eelmento8eleemnto8elemennto9elemenot8elementto9elemetno8elemmento9elemneto8
Misspelling Variants of "elemento"

Frequency rank: #3,136 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elemento"?
"elemento" is spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "elemento" mean?
As a noun, "elemento" means: aquilo que é simples
What words are commonly confused with "elemento"?
"elemento" is commonly confused with "elementar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elemento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elemento" is /i.lɨ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elemento" come from?
"elemento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.