Illinois
/i.li.ˈnɔjs/
The verdict
“Illinois” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,532
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estado dos Estados Unidos da América, que confina com os estados de Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky e Indiana; a capital é Springfield
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Illinois |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.li.ˈnɔjs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Illinois” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Illinois (IPA /i.li.ˈnɔjs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,532 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "estado dos Estados Unidos da América, que confina com os estados de Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky e Indiana; a capital é Springfield".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Illinois, with forms such as "ililnois", "ilinois", and "illinios". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Illinois, spelled I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1estado dos Estados Unidos da América, que confina com os estados de Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky e Indiana; a capital é Springfield
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ililnois
- ilinois
- illinios
- illinnois
- illinoiss
- illinosi
- illionis
- illniois
- lilinois
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Illinois - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Illinois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.li.ˈnɔjs/ (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
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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.