iniciar

verb

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The verdict

“iniciar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,412
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de dar ou de ter início

Corpus desk

Index PT-iniciar · iniciar · Portuguese

iniciar · rank #3,412 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,412
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH I'm

Nearest frequency peer: I'm (-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 “iniciar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “iniciar” 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).

iniciar vs início
57% similar
iniciar vs inibir
71% similar
iniciar vs inchar
71% similar

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

Key facts for iniciar
PropertyValue
Headwordiniciar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,412
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “iniciar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).iniciarcai 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 “I'm” (#3,410), “Hugo” (#3,408), “guardar” (#3,407). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “iniciar” fica em #3,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around iniciar, averb. Corpus frequency is #3,412 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for iniciar, with forms such as "iinciar", "inciiar", and "inicair". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "início", "inibir", "inchar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 iniciar, spelled I-N-I-C-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de dar ou de ter início
  2. 2
    encetar, começar, principiar
  3. 3
    instruir em conhecimento artístico, científico, técnico, etc
  4. 4
    ligar o computador para pôr em uso ou em funcionamento
  5. 5
    executar ou abrir um aplicativo ou outros tipos de programa de computador
  6. 6
    dar os conhecimentos iniciais
  7. 7
    admitir aos conhecimentos e as práticas de uma religião, seita ou sociedade secreta
  8. 8
    ser aceito, acolhido
  9. 9
    introduzir-se, pôr-se
  10. 10
    dar início, começar; principiar-se, inaugurar-se
  11. 11
    adquirir os primeiros conhecimentos; instruir-se, informar-se

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Compôs uma frase para iniciar a consulta, e só esperava que Aires fechasse o livro para soltá-la; mas o outro ia demorando o exame do código. (Esaú e Jacó, Machado de Assis)
  2. Levando a cruz, foi iniciado no conhecimento do evangelho da cruz.

Synonyms

começarencetarprincipiarensinarinformarinstruirtransmitirarmarinicializarprepararreiniciarabrirenfronharinformarinteirarministraradmitirprepararinaugurar

Antonyms

acabarconcluircompletarencerrarfinalizarfindarterminarultimarfechar

This word in other languages

iniciar(Español)initier(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iinciar
  • inciiar
  • inicair
  • inicciar
  • iniciarr
  • inicira
  • iniicar
  • inniciar
  • niiciar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iniciar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iinciar2inciiar2inicair2inicciar1iniciarr1inicira2iniicar2inniciar1
Edit distance from "iniciar"

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 "iniciar"?
"iniciar" is spelled I-N-I-C-I-A-R.
What does "iniciar" mean?
As a verb, "iniciar" means: ato de dar ou de ter início
What words are commonly confused with "iniciar"?
"iniciar" is commonly confused with "início", "inibir", "inchar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "iniciar" come from?
"iniciar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guardar#3,407fazemos#3,399esquema#3,395espelho#3,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

roteiro9 variantsdiálogo9 variantscanções9 variantsanimação9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list