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 May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “germânio” sits in Portuguese frequency
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
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “germânio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-R-M-Â-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒɨɾ.ˈmɐ.nju/ (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.