plutónio
/plu.ˈtɔ.nju/
The verdict
“plutónio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,695 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,695
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Pu, possui o número atómico 94 e massa atómica relativa 244 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor branca prateada, encontrado sólido na tempe...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plutónio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /plu.ˈtɔ.nju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plutónio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plutónio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,695 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /plu.ˈtɔ.nju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Pu, possui o número atómico 94 e massa atómica relativa 244 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor branca prateada, encontrado sólido na tempe...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plutónio, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is plutónio, spelled P-L-U-T-Ó-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Pu, possui o número atómico 94 e massa atómica relativa 244 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor branca prateada, encontrado sólido na temperatura ambiente; é um elemento transurânico sintético, produzido pelo bombardeamento do urânio por deutetrons em um ciclotron e, em grandes quantidades, nos reatores nucleares; seu isótopo 239Pu é utilizado para produção de modernas armas nucleares
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 “plutónio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-L-U-T-Ó-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /plu.ˈtɔ.nju/ (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.