helium
/ˈɦɛː.lɪ.jʊm/
The verdict
“helium” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,216 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,216
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 995
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hélio
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | helium |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɦɛː.lɪ.jʊm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “helium” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
helium is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,216 among 995 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɦɛː.lɪ.jʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for helium, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is helium, spelled H-E-L-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1hélio
- 2átomo de hélio
Synonyms
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.
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Using “helium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-L-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɦɛː.lɪ.jʊm/ (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.