neodímio
/nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/
The verdict
“neodímio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,979 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,979
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Nd, possui o número atômico 60 e massa atômica relativa 144,24 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo), branco prateado amarelado, encontrado sólido na temperatu...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neodímio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neodímio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neodímio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,979 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Nd, possui o número atômico 60 e massa atômica relativa 144,24 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo), branco prateado amarelado, encontrado sólido na temperatu...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for neodímio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is neodímio, spelled N-E-O-D-Í-M-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Nd, possui o número atômico 60 e massa atômica relativa 144,24 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo), branco prateado amarelado, encontrado sólido na temperatura ambiente; é obtido de minerais como a monazita, cerita e a alanita; é utilizado na produção de vidros coloridos para óculos de proteção e na fabricação de imãs permanentes
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-E-O-D-Í-M-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.