mercurio
/meɾˈkuɾjo/
The verdict
“mercurio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,372 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,372
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mercúrio
Corpus desk
Index PT-mercurio · mercurio · Portuguese
mercurio · rank #73,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,372
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH menosprezo
Nearest frequency peer: menosprezo (-1 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 “mercurio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- magestade
magestade
26,651 corpus weight
- matarão
matarão
26,639 corpus weight
- menosprezo
menosprezo
26,630 corpus weight
- mercurio
mercurio
26,629 corpus weight
- minus
minus
26,622 corpus weight
- modernamente
modernamente
26,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mercurio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercurio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /meɾˈkuɾjo/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mercurio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mercurio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,372 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /meɾˈkuɾjo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mercúrio".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mercurio, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is mercurio, spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1mercúrio
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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