laurêncio
/law.ˈɾẽ.sju/
The verdict
“laurêncio” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Lr, possui o número atômico 103 e massa atômica relativa 262 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor desconhecida, encontrado provavelmente sól...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laurêncio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /law.ˈɾẽ.sju/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laurêncio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for laurêncio is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /law.ˈɾẽ.sju/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico de símbolo Lr, possui o número atômico 103 e massa atômica relativa 262 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor desconhecida, encontrado provavelmente sól...".
laurêncio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is laurêncio, spelled L-A-U-R-Ê-N-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Lr, possui o número atômico 103 e massa atômica relativa 262 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor desconhecida, encontrado provavelmente sólido na temperatura ambiente; é um elemento transurânico sintético, produzido pelo método de irradiação de átomos de califórnio com íons de boro; não possui aplicações práticas
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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 “laurêncio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-A-U-R-Ê-N-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /law.ˈɾẽ.sju/ (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.