-indo
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -indo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “-indo” em português
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
- 1gerúndio de verbos terminados em -ir (terceira conjugação)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -indo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.