índio
The verdict
“índio” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 15
- “Í” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pertencente ou relativo aos índios
Corpus desk
Index PT-indio · índio · Portuguese
índio · rank #7,719 · 6 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 15
- PHOTO-FINISH advocacia
Nearest frequency peer: advocacia (+2 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “índio”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ultrapassar
ultrapassar
92,289 corpus weight
- visitante
visitante
92,286 corpus weight
- válido
válido
92,285 corpus weight
- índio
índio
92,282 corpus weight
- advocacia
advocacia
92,280 corpus weight
- alcançado
alcançado
92,277 corpus weight
What this shows “índio” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | índio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “índio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around índio, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,719 among 15 “Í” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pertencente ou relativo aos índios".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for índio, with forms such as "nídio", "ídnio", and "índdio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ino", "into", "iodo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 índio, spelled Í-N-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1pertencente ou relativo aos índios
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how índio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A cerâmica índia do Brasil é rica em símbolos geométricos abstratos e signos arcaicos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nídio
- ídnio
- índdio
- índoi
- ínido
- ínndio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of índio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "índio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).