ida
/ˈi.dɐ/
The verdict
“ida” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,206) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,206
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação, ato ou movimento de ir
Corpus desk
Index PT-ida · ida · Portuguese
ida · rank #5,206 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,206
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH horror
Nearest frequency peer: horror (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ida”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- horror
horror
94,796 corpus weight
- ida
ida
94,795 corpus weight
- if
if
94,794 corpus weight
- imigração
imigração
94,793 corpus weight
- imperador
imperador
94,792 corpus weight
- importar
importar
94,791 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ida” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ida |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #5,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “ida” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ida is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "in", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈi.dɐ/. Frequency #5,206 among 938 “I” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No misspelling variants are generated for ida in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ida, spelled I-D-A.
Definition
- 1ação, ato ou movimento de ir
- 2partida, jornada, marcha, abalada, viagem
- 3fiada, série
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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- "ida" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ir". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #5,206 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.