-indo

suffix

The verdict

“-indo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerúndio de verbos terminados em -ir (terceira conjugação)

Corpus desk

Index PT-indo · -indo · Portuguese

-indo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -indo
PropertyValue
Headword-indo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “-indo” em português

-indonão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-indo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gerúndio de verbos terminados em -ir (terceira conjugação)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for -indo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is -indo, spelled --I-N-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    gerúndio de verbos terminados em -ir (terceira conjugação)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. estava sorrindo para nós

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-indo"?
"-indo" is spelled --I-N-D-O.
What does "-indo" mean?
As a suffix, "-indo" means: gerúndio de verbos terminados em -ir (terceira conjugação)
What language does "-indo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list