instável

//ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,871

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

instável is anPortugueseadj. It means: não estável Pronounced /ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ/. It ranks #9,871 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with inviável and inegável.

Key facts for instável
PropertyValue
Headwordinstável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,871
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for instável is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,871 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for instável, with forms such as "innstável", "insstável", and "insttável". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "inviável", "inegável", "imutável", 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 instável, spelled I-N-S-T-Á-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    não estável
  2. 2
    movediço
  3. 3
    inconstante
  4. 4
    que desaparece facilmente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstável,insstável,insttável,instváel,instáevl,instávell,instávle,instávvel,insátvel,intsável,isntável,nistável

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instável

Misspelling Variants of "instável"

innstável9insstável9insttável9instváel8instáevl8instávell9instávle8instávvel9
Misspelling Variants of "instável"

Frequency rank: #9,871 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instável"?
"instável" is spelled I-N-S-T-Á-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ/.
What does "instável" mean?
As an adj, "instável" means: não estável
What words are commonly confused with "instável"?
"instável" is commonly confused with "inviável", "inegável", "imutável". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instável"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instável" is /ĩʃ.ˈta.vɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instável" come from?
"instável" 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.