rádio
The verdict
“rádio” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #857 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #857
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rádio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rádio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rádio is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. 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 generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rádio, with forms such as "rdáio", "rrádio", and "ráddio". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "ramo", "raiz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is rádio, spelled R-Á-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento 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
- 2osso do braço que se estende do lado de dentro do cotovelo até o lado do pulso onde se encontra o polegar
- 3equipamentos 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rádio - 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 “rádio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-Á-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “rio” - see the side-by-side comparison. rádio vs rio
- 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.