ino

noun

The verdict

“ino” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,532) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#49,532
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ser do sexo feminino; fêmea

Corpus desk

Index PT-ino · ino · Portuguese

ino · rank #49,532 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,532
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH interinamente

Nearest frequency peer: interinamente (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ino”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “ino” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

ino vs ir
33% similar
ino vs is
33% similar
ino vs it
33% similar

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

Key facts for ino
PropertyValue
Headwordino
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#49,532
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ino”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).inocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “interinamente” (#49,534), “interpessoal” (#49,535), “icterícia” (#49,518). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ino” fica em #49,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ino is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "is", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #49,532 among 938 “I” headwords. Gloss: "ser do sexo feminino; fêmea".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ino, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "is", "it", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ino, spelled I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ser do sexo feminino; fêmea

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tie estas sep katidoj: kvar iĉoj kaj tri inoj. (Há sete gatos: quatro machos e três fêmeas.)

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 "ino"?
"ino" is spelled I-N-O.
What does "ino" mean?
As a noun, "ino" means: ser do sexo feminino; fêmea
What words are commonly confused with "ino"?
"ino" is commonly confused with "ir", "is", "it". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ino" come from?
"ino" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list