instância

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

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

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The verdict

“instância” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,351
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-instancia · instância · Portuguese

instância · rank #8,351 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,351
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inscrever

Nearest frequency peer: inscrever (-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 “instância”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “instância” 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).

instância vs infância
78% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “instância”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.instânciacai 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 “inscrever” (#8,350), “imaginário” (#8,349), “Hardware” (#8,347). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “instância” fica em #8,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around instância (IPA [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sja], Plural: [ĩŋs.tɐ̃ŋ.sjas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,351 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for instância, with forms such as "innstância", "insstância", and "instnâcia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infância", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is instância, spelled I-N-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A.

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)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elias orou com instância para que não chovesse sobre a terra.

This word in other languages

insistence(English)insistencia(Español)instance(Français)Instanz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstância
  • insstância
  • instnâcia
  • insttância
  • instâcnia
  • instâncai
  • instânccia
  • instânica
  • instânncia
  • insâtncia
  • intsância
  • isntância
  • nistância

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstância1insstância1instnâcia2insttância1instâcnia2instâncai2instânccia1instânica2
Edit distance from "instância"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inscrever#8,350funcional#8,340percorrer#8,372encomenda#8,329

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

imaginário13 variantsconfiante13 variantsconduzido13 variantsworkshop13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list