ina
/iˈna/, [ʔɪˈnʌ]
The verdict
“ina” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,904) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,904
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mãe
Corpus desk
Index PT-ina · ina · Portuguese
ina · rank #44,904 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,904
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH ils
Nearest frequency peer: ils (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ina”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- ilegitimida…
ilegitimidade
55,103 corpus weight
- ill
ill
55,102 corpus weight
- ils
ils
55,101 corpus weight
- ina
ina
55,097 corpus weight
- inox
inox
55,088 corpus weight
- inquisidor
inquisidor
55,087 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ina” 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 | ina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iˈna/, [ʔɪˈnʌ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ina”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ina is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "is", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /iˈna/, [ʔɪˈnʌ]. Frequency #44,904 among 938 “I” headwords. Gloss: "mãe".
ina has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "is", "it", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ina, spelled I-N-A.
Definition
- 1mãe
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).