início

noun

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The verdict

“início” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#377
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - começo

Corpus desk

Index PT-inicio · início · Portuguese

início · rank #377 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #377
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH livro

Nearest frequency peer: livro (+1 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 “início”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “início” 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).

início vs inimigo
57% similar
início vs invicto
57% similar
início vs índio
50% similar

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

Key facts for início
PropertyValue
Headwordinício
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#377
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “início”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).iníciocai 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 “livro” (#378), “dessa” (#375), “medo” (#379). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “início” fica em #377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around início, anoun. Corpus frequency is #377 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "começo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for início, with forms such as "incíio", "innício", and "iníccio". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "inimigo", "invicto", "índio", 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 início, spelled I-N-Í-C-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    começo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A demissão de Neschling foi anunciada em carta enviada por correio ao maestro, que está regendo na Grécia e volta ao Brasil apenas no início de fevereiro.

Synonyms

introitoestarte

This word in other languages

beginning(English)début(Français)Anfang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • incíio
  • innício
  • iníccio
  • inícoi
  • iníico
  • iíncio
  • niício

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of início - 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.

incíio2innício1iníccio1inícoi2iníico2iíncio2niício2
Edit distance from "início"

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 "início"?
"início" is spelled I-N-Í-C-I-O.
What does "início" mean?
As a noun, "início" means: começo
What words are commonly confused with "início"?
"início" is commonly confused with "inimigo", "invicto", "índio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "início" come from?
"início" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passar#380ajudar#383chegar#390cabeça#361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

livro7 variantscinco7 variantsalgum7 variantsclaro7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list