potássio
/puˈtasju/
The verdict
“potássio” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,438 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,438
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo K, possui o número atômico 19 e massa atômica relativa de 39.098; é um metal alcalino, sólido e muito leve; devido a sua baixa solubilidade é muito difícil de ser obtido...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | potássio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /puˈtasju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “potássio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for potássio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /puˈtasju/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,438 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico de símbolo K, possui o número atômico 19 e massa atômica relativa de 39.098; é um metal alcalino, sólido e muito leve; devido a sua baixa solubilidade é muito difícil de ser obtido...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for potássio, with forms such as "optássio", "potsásio", and "pottássio". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is potássio, spelled P-O-T-Á-S-S-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo K, possui o número atômico 19 e massa atômica relativa de 39.098; é um metal alcalino, sólido e muito leve; devido a sua baixa solubilidade é muito difícil de ser obtido; é utilizado em fertilizantes, medicamentos, sabões e explosivos (nitrato de potássio)
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: optássio,potsásio,pottássio,potásio,potásiso,potássoi,poátssio,ppotássio,ptoássio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of potássio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “potássio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-T-Á-S-S-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /puˈtasju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.