paládio
/pɐ.ˈla.dju/
The verdict
“paládio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,055 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,055
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Pd, possui o número atômico 46 e massa atômica relativa 106,42 u; é um metal, branco prateado, obtido em minerais da família da platina em rochas de formação vulcânica, ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paládio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈla.dju/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paládio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paládio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,055 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ˈla.dju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for paládio in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is paládio, spelled P-A-L-Á-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Pd, possui o número atômico 46 e massa atômica relativa 106,42 u; é um metal, branco prateado, obtido em minerais da família da platina em rochas de formação vulcânica, como a peridotita ou a norita; é empregado em contatos elétricos de sistemas eletromecânicos e como catalisador de reações de hidrogenização na indústria petrolífera; é utilizado também como descolorizante do ouro na fabricação do ouro branco
- 2estátua de Palas, deusa que protege Troia
- 3proteção, garantia
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 “paládio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-L-Á-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ˈla.dju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.