iam

//ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm// verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,823

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

iam is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir Pronounced /ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/. It ranks #4,823 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ir and in.

Key facts for iam
PropertyValue
Headwordiam
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for iam is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,823 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for iam in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "in", "is", 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 iam, spelled I-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir

Frequency rank: #4,823 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "iam"?
"iam" is spelled I-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/.
What does "iam" mean?
As a verb, "iam" means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir
What words are commonly confused with "iam"?
"iam" is commonly confused with "ir", "in", "is". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "iam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iam" is /ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iam" come from?
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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.