ibi

adv

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The verdict

“ibi” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,170 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,170
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aí

Corpus desk

Index PT-ibi · ibi · Portuguese

ibi · rank #56,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,170
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH hound

Nearest frequency peer: hound (-4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ibi”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ibi” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ibi
PropertyValue
Headwordibi
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#56,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ibi” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ibicai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hound” (#56,166), “het” (#56,162), “hepático” (#56,161). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ibi” fica em #56,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ibi is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,170 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aí".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ibi in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ibi, spelled I-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    aí

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ibi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ubi est id? Ibi est id.

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 "ibi"?
"ibi" is spelled I-B-I.
What does "ibi" mean?
As an adverb, "ibi" means: aí
What language does "ibi" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ibi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

het#56,162ber#56,554hom#55,616piá#56,932

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list