silicone

/si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ/

//si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ// noun

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The verdict

“silicone” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,339
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio alternados

Corpus desk

Index PT-silicone · silicone · Portuguese

silicone · rank #12,339 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,339
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH severa

Nearest frequency peer: severa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “silicone”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “silicone” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

silicone vs silicon
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for silicone
PropertyValue
Headwordsilicone
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,339
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “silicone”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).siliconecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “severa” (#12,338), “source” (#12,343), “season” (#12,334). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “silicone” fica em #12,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around silicone (IPA /si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,339 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio alternados".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for silicone, with forms such as "islicone", "siilcone", and "silcione". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "silicon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is silicone, spelled S-I-L-I-C-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio alternados

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • islicone
  • siilcone
  • silcione
  • siliccone
  • silicnoe
  • silicoen
  • siliconne
  • siliocne
  • sillicone
  • sliicone
  • ssilicone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of silicone - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

islicone2siilcone2silcione2siliccone1silicnoe2silicoen2siliconne1siliocne2
Edit distance from "silicone"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "silicone"?
"silicone" is spelled S-I-L-I-C-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ/.
What does "silicone" mean?
As a noun, "silicone" means: polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio alternados
What words are commonly confused with "silicone"?
"silicone" is commonly confused with "silicon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "silicone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "silicone" is /si.li.ˈkɔ.nɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "silicone" come from?
"silicone" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "silicone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

meditação11 variantsliberty11 variantsjeitinho11 variantsconstar11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list