nitrogénio
/ni.tɾɔ.ˈʒɛ.nju/
The verdict
“nitrogénio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,343 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,343
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo N, possui o número atômico 7 e massa atômica relativa de 14,0607 u; é um gás na temperatura ambiente, incolor, inodoro e insípido; representa 78% da composição atmosféri...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nitrogénio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ni.tɾɔ.ˈʒɛ.nju/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nitrogénio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nitrogénio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,343 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ni.tɾɔ.ˈʒɛ.nju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo N, possui o número atômico 7 e massa atômica relativa de 14,0607 u; é um gás na temperatura ambiente, incolor, inodoro e insípido; representa 78% da composição atmosféri...".
nitrogénio has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nitrogénio, spelled N-I-T-R-O-G-É-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo N, possui o número atômico 7 e massa atômica relativa de 14,0607 u; é um gás na temperatura ambiente, incolor, inodoro e insípido; representa 78% da composição atmosférica terrestre; é utilizado na indústria para produção do gás amoníaco para produção de fertilizantes e ácido nítrico
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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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Using “nitrogénio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-I-T-R-O-G-É-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.