iodo
/ˈjo.du/
The verdict
“iodo” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,142 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,142
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo I, possui o número atômico 53 e massa atômica relativa 126,904 u; é um não-metal, halogênio, de cor negra; apesar de abundante, não é encontrado livre na natureza, ocorr...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iodo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjo.du/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iodo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for iodo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈjo.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,142 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico de símbolo I, possui o número atômico 53 e massa atômica relativa 126,904 u; é um não-metal, halogênio, de cor negra; apesar de abundante, não é encontrado livre na natureza, ocorr...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for iodo, with forms such as "idoo", "ioddo", and "iood". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "íon", "isso", "isto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is iodo, spelled I-O-D-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo I, possui o número atômico 53 e massa atômica relativa 126,904 u; é um não-metal, halogênio, de cor negra; apesar de abundante, não é encontrado livre na natureza, ocorrendo principalmente na forma de iodetos e iodatos em rochas, solos, água do mar e depósitos de sal; é utilizado principalmente na medicina, como desinfetante; é um elemento essencial para o corpo humano; sua falta provoca o hipotiroidismo causando o bócio e a mixedema
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: idoo,ioddo,iood,oido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iodo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “iodo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-O-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈjo.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “íon” - see the side-by-side comparison. iodo vs íon
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.