inox

noun

The verdict

“inox” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #44,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,913
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-inox · inox · Portuguese

inox · rank #44,913 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,913
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquisidor

Nearest frequency peer: inquisidor (+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 “inox”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “inox” 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).

inox vs io
50% similar
inox vs ins
50% similar
inox vs íon
25% similar

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

Key facts for inox
PropertyValue
Headwordinox
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#44,913
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “inox”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “inquisidor” (#44,914), “insignificância” (#44,916), “ina” (#44,904). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inox” fica em #44,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around inox, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,913 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aço inoxidável".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for inox, with forms such as "innox", "inoxx", and "inxo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "io", "ins", "íon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is inox, spelled I-N-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    aço inoxidável

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «Muitos eletrodomésticos modernos, como micro-ondas e frigoríficos, têm acabamento em inox.»

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innox
  • inoxx
  • inxo
  • ionx
  • niox

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innox1inoxx1inxo2ionx2niox2
Edit distance from "inox"

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 "inox"?
"inox" is spelled I-N-O-X.
What does "inox" mean?
As a noun, "inox" means: aço inoxidável
What words are commonly confused with "inox"?
"inox" is commonly confused with "io", "ins", "íon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "inox" come from?
"inox" 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 "inox", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list