inibidor

adj

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The verdict

“inibidor” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,220
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que inibe; que impede, dificulta ou reduz a ação ou funcionamento de algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-inibidor · inibidor · Portuguese

inibidor · rank #32,220 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,220
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hunger

Nearest frequency peer: Hunger (-7 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 “inibidor”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “inibidor” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

inibidor vs inibir
75% similar

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

Key facts for inibidor
PropertyValue
Headwordinibidor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,220
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “inibidor”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).inibidorcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Hunger” (#32,213), “joca” (#32,227), “guilhotina” (#32,209). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inibidor” fica em #32,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around inibidor, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,220 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for inibidor, with forms such as "iinbidor", "inbiidor", and "inibbidor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "inibir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is inibidor, spelled I-N-I-B-I-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que inibe; que impede, dificulta ou reduz a ação ou funcionamento de algo
  2. 2
    que causa retraimento ou timidez

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O medicamento atua como agente inibidor da enzima
  2. O ambiente hostil foi um fator inibidor da participação

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iinbidor
  • inbiidor
  • inibbidor
  • inibdior
  • inibiddor
  • inibidorr
  • inibidro
  • inibiodr
  • iniibdor
  • innibidor
  • niibidor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inibidor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iinbidor2inbiidor2inibbidor1inibdior2inibiddor1inibidorr1inibidro2inibiodr2
Edit distance from "inibidor"

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 "inibidor"?
"inibidor" is spelled I-N-I-B-I-D-O-R.
What does "inibidor" mean?
As an adjective, "inibidor" means: que inibe; que impede, dificulta ou reduz a ação ou funcionamento de algo
What words are commonly confused with "inibidor"?
"inibidor" is commonly confused with "inibir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "inibidor" come from?
"inibidor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inibidor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pirulito11 variantsrecorrido11 variantssatírico11 variantsvirtuoso11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list