íon
The verdict
“íon” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #44,174 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,174
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons
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 | íon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “íon” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for íon is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #44,174 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for íon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "is", "it", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is íon, spelled Í-O-N.
Definition
- 1espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons
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); 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 “íon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Í-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “ir” - see the side-by-side comparison. íon vs ir
- 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.