germânio
/ʒɨɾ.ˈmɐ.nju/
The verdict
“germânio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Ge, possui o número atômico 32 e massa atômica relativa 72,64 u; é um semimetal ou metaloide pouco abundante, sólido na temperatura ambiente, obtido através de mineriais...
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Index PT-germanio · germânio · Portuguese
germânio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | germânio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨɾ.ˈmɐ.nju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “germânio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
germânio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɨɾ.ˈmɐ.nju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Ge, possui o número atômico 32 e massa atômica relativa 72,64 u; é um semimetal ou metaloide pouco abundante, sólido na temperatura ambiente, obtido através de mineriais...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for germânio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is germânio, spelled G-E-R-M-Â-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Ge, possui o número atômico 32 e massa atômica relativa 72,64 u; é um semimetal ou metaloide pouco abundante, sólido na temperatura ambiente, obtido através de mineriais como a argirodite, germanita e ranierita; é utilizado na produção de circuitos integrados, fibras óticas, joias e ligas metálicas
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.