helium
/ˈɦɛː.lɪ.jʊm/
The verdict
“helium” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,216 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,216
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hélio
Corpus desk
Index PT-helium · helium · Portuguese
helium · rank #77,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,216
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hegemônico
Nearest frequency peer: hegemônico (-2 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “helium”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gelatinoso
gelatinoso
22,814 corpus weight
- hegemônico
hegemônico
22,787 corpus weight
- helium
helium
22,785 corpus weight
- herbívoro
herbívoro
22,781 corpus weight
- igarapés
igarapés
22,765 corpus weight
- incestuoso
incestuoso
22,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “helium” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “helium” em português
Rare enough to double-check
helium is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,216 among 409 “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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