túlio
/ˈtu.lju/
The verdict
“túlio” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #20,459 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,459
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Tm, possui o número atômico 69 e massa atômica relativa 168,934 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo) de cor branco prateado; é obtido de minerais ricos em ítr...
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 | túlio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtu.lju/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “túlio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for túlio is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtu.lju/. Corpus data places it at rank #20,459 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elemento químico de símbolo Tm, possui o número atômico 69 e massa atômica relativa 168,934 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo) de cor branco prateado; é obtido de minerais ricos em ítr...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for túlio, with forms such as "tlúio", "ttúlio", and "túilo". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "turco", "turbo", "turvo", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is túlio, spelled T-Ú-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Tm, possui o número atômico 69 e massa atômica relativa 168,934 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo) de cor branco prateado; é obtido de minerais ricos em ítrio como a gadolinita, euxenita e a fergusonita; por ser muito raro e de custo muito elevado suas aplicações são muito restritas; é utilizado em aparelhos de raio-x portáteis e em equipamentos de laboratório
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tlúio,ttúlio,túilo,túllio,túloi,útlio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of túlio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “túlio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Ú-L-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtu.lju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “turco” - see the side-by-side comparison. túlio vs turco
- 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.