im

verb

The verdict

“im” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,077) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#12,077
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-im · im · Portuguese

im · rank #12,077 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,077
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH hostil

Nearest frequency peer: hostil (-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 “im”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “im” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

im vs ir
50% similar
im vs in
50% similar
im vs is
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for im
PropertyValue
Headwordim
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters2
Frequency rank#12,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “im”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).imcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “hostil” (#12,076), “handebol” (#12,075), “golden” (#12,072). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “im” fica em #12,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for im is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "in", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #12,077 among 938 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for im in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "in", "is", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 im, spelled I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    sou;
  2. 2
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do verbo bûn/بوون:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nota: Esta forma é usada após palavras terminadas em consoante. Para outros casos usa

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 "im"?
"im" is spelled I-M.
What does "im" mean?
As a verb, "im" means: sou;
What words are commonly confused with "im"?
"im" is commonly confused with "ir", "in", "is". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "im" come from?
"im" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list