instância

/[ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,351

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

instância is aPortuguesenoun. It means: iminência Pronounced [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]. It ranks #8,351 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with infância.

Key facts for instância
PropertyValue
Headwordinstância
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,351
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of instância in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for instância is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,351 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for instância, with forms such as "innstância", "insstância", and "instnâcia". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infância", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is instância, spelled I-N-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    iminência
  2. 2
    insistência
  3. 3
    pedido insistente
  4. 4
    nível de autoridade de uma instituição judiciária
  5. 5
    cada objeto de uma determinada classe que é criado durante a execução de um programa
  6. 6
    cada um dos elementos que compõem a psique (id, ego e superego)

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstância,insstância,instnâcia,insttância,instâcnia,instâncai,instânccia,instânica,instânncia,insâtncia,intsância,isntância,nistância

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instância

Misspelling Variants of "instância"

innstância10insstância10instnâcia9insttância10instâcnia9instâncai9instânccia10instânica9
Misspelling Variants of "instância"

Frequency rank: #8,351 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instância"?
"instância" is spelled I-N-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas].
What does "instância" mean?
As a noun, "instância" means: iminência
What words are commonly confused with "instância"?
"instância" is commonly confused with "infância". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instância"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instância" is [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instância" come from?
"instância" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.