xenônio

/nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/

//nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju// noun

The verdict

“xenônio” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #94,372 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#94,372
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Xe, possui o número atômico 54 e massa atômica relativa 131.293 u; é um gás nobre, incolor; é muito pouco abundante e se encontra distribuído na atmosfera terrestre; é u...

Key facts for xenônio
PropertyValue
Headwordxenônio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,372
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “xenônio” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). xenônio lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for xenônio is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/. Corpus data places it at rank #94,372 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 Xe, possui o número atômico 54 e massa atômica relativa 131.293 u; é um gás nobre, incolor; é muito pouco abundante e se encontra distribuído na atmosfera terrestre; é u...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for xenônio, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is xenônio, spelled X-E-N-Ô-N-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    elemento químico de símbolo Xe, possui o número atômico 54 e massa atômica relativa 131.293 u; é um gás nobre, incolor; é muito pouco abundante e se encontra distribuído na atmosfera terrestre; é utilizado em lâmpadas bactericidas, estroboscópicas e flashes fotográficos

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "xenônio"?
"xenônio" is spelled X-E-N-Ô-N-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/.
What does "xenônio" mean?
As a noun, "xenônio" means: elemento químico de símbolo Xe, possui o número atômico 54 e massa atômica relativa 131.293 u; é um gás nobre, incolor; é muito pouco abundante e se encontra distribuído na atmosfera terrestre; é u...
How do you pronounce "xenônio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "xenônio" is /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "xenônio" come from?
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Using “xenônio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is X-E-N-Ô-N-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /nɛ.ɔ.ˈdi.mju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list