urânio
/u.ˈɾɐ.nju/
The verdict
“urânio” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #16,420 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,420
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo U, possui o número atômico 92 e massa atômica relativa 238,0289 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor prata acinzentado brilhante, encontrado...
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 | urânio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /u.ˈɾɐ.nju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urânio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for urânio is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /u.ˈɾɐ.nju/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,420 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 U, possui o número atômico 92 e massa atômica relativa 238,0289 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor prata acinzentado brilhante, encontrado...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for urânio, with forms such as "ruânio", "urnâio", and "urrânio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Urano", "urbano", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 urânio, spelled U-R-Â-N-I-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo U, possui o número atômico 92 e massa atômica relativa 238,0289 u; é um metal radioativo de transição interna (actinídeo), de cor prata acinzentado brilhante, encontrado sólido na temperatura ambiente; é obtido principalmente de minérios como a uraninita, a euxenita e a carbotita; sua utilização mais importante é para produção de energia, onde o seu isótopo ²³⁵U é utilizado numa reação de fissão auto-sustentada
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ruânio,urnâio,urrânio,urâino,urânnio,urânoi,uârnio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urânio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “urânio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-R-Â-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /u.ˈɾɐ.nju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Urano” - see the side-by-side comparison. urânio vs Urano
- 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.