ich
/ˈɪç/
The verdict
“ich” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,637) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,637
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:
Corpus desk
Index PT-ich · ich · Portuguese
ich · rank #32,637 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,637
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH húmido
Nearest frequency peer: húmido (-1 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ich”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- hediondo
hediondo
67,372 corpus weight
- húmido
húmido
67,365 corpus weight
- ich
ich
67,364 corpus weight
- inerte
inerte
67,360 corpus weight
- infusão
infusão
67,356 corpus weight
- inquieto
inquieto
67,353 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ich” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ich |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈɪç/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #32,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ich”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ich is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "in", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈɪç/. Frequency #32,637 among 938 “I” headwords. Gloss: "eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ich, spelled I-C-H.
Definition
- 1eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular:
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.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).