transístor
/tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/
The verdict
“transístor” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #92,400 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,400
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transístor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transístor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for transístor is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,400 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948".
No generated misspelling entries exist for transístor in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is transístor, spelled T-R-A-N-S-Í-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948
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 “transístor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-N-S-Í-S-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.