elétron

//e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,779

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

elétron is aPortuguesenoun. It means: partícula subatômica com carga negativa de 1,609x10⁻¹⁹ C (coulombs) Pronounced /e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ/.

Key facts for elétron
PropertyValue
Headwordelétron
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,779
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for elétron is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,779 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "partícula subatômica com carga negativa de 1,609x10⁻¹⁹ C (coulombs)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for elétron, with forms such as "ellétron", "eltéron", and "elérton". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 elétron, spelled E-L-É-T-R-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    partícula subatômica com carga negativa de 1,609x10⁻¹⁹ C (coulombs)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ellétron,eltéron,elérton,elétorn,elétrno,elétronn,elétrron,eléttron,eéltron,leétron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for elétron

Misspelling Variants of "elétron"

ellétron8eltéron7elérton7elétorn7elétrno7elétronn8elétrron8eléttron8
Misspelling Variants of "elétron"

Frequency rank: #37,779 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elétron"?
"elétron" is spelled E-L-É-T-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ/.
What does "elétron" mean?
As a noun, "elétron" means: partícula subatômica com carga negativa de 1,609x10⁻¹⁹ C (coulombs)
What are common misspellings of "elétron"?
Common misspellings include "ellétron", "eltéron", "elérton", "elétorn", "elétrno". The correct spelling is "elétron".
How do you pronounce "elétron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elétron" is /e.ˈlɛ.tɾõ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elétron" come from?
"elétron" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.