néon
/ˈnɛɔn/
The verdict
“néon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,114 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,114
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Ne; ver neônio; também, é conhecido como neão em Portugal
Corpus desk
Index PT-neon · néon · Portuguese
néon · rank #50,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,114
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH obstinada
Nearest frequency peer: obstinada (+2 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 “néon”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mísero
mísero
49,896 corpus weight
- nanico
nanico
49,894 corpus weight
- néon
néon
49,887 corpus weight
- obstinada
obstinada
49,885 corpus weight
- oiticica
oiticica
49,883 corpus weight
- oitiva
oitiva
49,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “néon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | néon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɛɔn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “néon” em português
Rare enough to double-check
néon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,114 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɛɔn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Ne; ver neônio; também, é conhecido como neão em Portugal".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for néon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is néon, spelled N-É-O-N.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Ne; ver neônio; também, é conhecido como neão em Portugal
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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