túlio

//ˈtu.lju// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,459

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

túlio is aPortuguesenoun. It means: 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... Pronounced /ˈtu.lju/. Often confused with turco and turbo.

Key facts for túlio
PropertyValue
Headwordtúlio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtu.lju/
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,459
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of túlio in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for túlio is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for túlio, with forms such as "tlúio", "ttúlio", and "túilo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "turco", "turbo", "turvo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is túlio, spelled T-Ú-L-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tlúio,ttúlio,túilo,túllio,túloi,útlio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for túlio

Misspelling Variants of "túlio"

tlúio5ttúlio6túilo5túllio6túloi5útlio5
Misspelling Variants of "túlio"

Frequency rank: #20,459 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "túlio"?
"túlio" is spelled T-Ú-L-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtu.lju/.
What does "túlio" mean?
As a noun, "túlio" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "túlio"?
"túlio" is commonly confused with "turco", "turbo", "turvo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "túlio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "túlio" is /ˈtu.lju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "túlio" come from?
"túlio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.