nêutron
/ˈnew.trõw/
The verdict
“nêutron” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,499 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,499
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - partícula sub-atómica/sub-atômica de carga neutra e de massa aproximada à do protão/próton (1,6726.E-27 kg); localiza-se na porção central do átomo (núcleo)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nêutron |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnew.trõw/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nêutron” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nêutron is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,499 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnew.trõw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "partícula sub-atómica/sub-atômica de carga neutra e de massa aproximada à do protão/próton (1,6726.E-27 kg); localiza-se na porção central do átomo (núcleo)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nêutron in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is nêutron, spelled N-Ê-U-T-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1partícula sub-atómica/sub-atômica de carga neutra e de massa aproximada à do protão/próton (1,6726.E-27 kg); localiza-se na porção central do átomo (núcleo)
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 “nêutron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-Ê-U-T-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnew.trõw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.