sirénio
/siˈrenjo/
The verdict
“sirénio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande mamífero marinho herbívoro que vive perto da costa
Corpus desk
Index PT-sirenio · sirénio · Portuguese
sirénio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sirénio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /siˈrenjo/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sirénio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sirénio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /siˈrenjo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grande mamífero marinho herbívoro que vive perto da costa".
sirénio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sirénio, spelled S-I-R-É-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1grande mamífero marinho herbívoro que vive perto da costa
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