rádio

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#857

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rádio is aPortuguesenoun. It means: elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urâ... It ranks #857 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rio and ramo.

Key facts for rádio
PropertyValue
Headwordrádio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#857
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rádio in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for rádio is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #857 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for rádio, with forms such as "rdáio", "rrádio", and "ráddio". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "ramo", "raiz", and more, 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 rádio, spelled R-Á-D-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urânio, e é produzido por decaimento radioativo; é utilizado na medicina para tratamento de câncer e, em laboratórios, como fonte de neutrons para análise de materiais
  2. 2
    osso do braço que se estende do lado de dentro do cotovelo até o lado do pulso onde se encontra o polegar
  3. 3
    equipamentos utilizados para receber os sinais radiofônicos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rdáio,rrádio,ráddio,rádoi,ráido,árdio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rádio

Misspelling Variants of "rádio"

rdáio5rrádio6ráddio6rádoi5ráido5árdio5
Misspelling Variants of "rádio"

Frequency rank: #857 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rádio"?
"rádio" is spelled R-Á-D-I-O.
What does "rádio" mean?
As a noun, "rádio" means: elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urâ...
What words are commonly confused with "rádio"?
"rádio" is commonly confused with "rio", "ramo", "raiz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "rádio" come from?
"rádio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.