níquel
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#26,119
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
níquel is aPortuguesenoun. It means: elemento químico de símbolo Ni, possui o número atômico 28 e massa atômica relativa 58,693 u; é um metal de transição, de coloração metálica brilhante; é obtido principalmente dos minerais pentland... Pronounced /ˈni.kɛɫ/. Often confused with naquela.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | níquel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈni.kɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for níquel is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈni.kɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,119 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for níquel, with forms such as "nníquel", "nqíuel", and "níqeul". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "naquela", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is níquel, spelled N-Í-Q-U-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Ni, possui o número atômico 28 e massa atômica relativa 58,693 u; é um metal de transição, de coloração metálica brilhante; é obtido principalmente dos minerais pentlandite, milerite, nicolite e gersdorfite; é muito utilizado na fabricação de aço inoxidável e em outras ligas metálicas; também é utilizado na fabricação de baterias recarregáveis, moedas e em revestimentos metálicos
- 2nome comum para todas as moedas feitas deste metal
- 3dinheiro
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nníquel,nqíuel,níqeul,níqquel,níquell,níqule,níuqel,ínquel
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Misspelling Variants of "níquel"
Frequency rank: #26,119 in Portuguese
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