ureia

//u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,831

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ureia is aPortuguesenoun. It means: composto orgânico cristalino, incolor, de fórmula (NH₂)₂CO, com um ponto de fusão de 133°C Pronounced /u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ/.

Key facts for ureia
PropertyValue
Headwordureia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ureia is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,831 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "composto orgânico cristalino, incolor, de fórmula (NH₂)₂CO, com um ponto de fusão de 133°C".

No misspelling variants are generated for ureia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 ureia, spelled U-R-E-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    composto orgânico cristalino, incolor, de fórmula (NH₂)₂CO, com um ponto de fusão de 133°C

Frequency rank: #50,831 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ureia"?
"ureia" is spelled U-R-E-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ/.
What does "ureia" mean?
As a noun, "ureia" means: composto orgânico cristalino, incolor, de fórmula (NH₂)₂CO, com um ponto de fusão de 133°C
How do you pronounce "ureia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ureia" is /u.ˈɾɐj.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ureia" come from?
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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.