instintivo

/ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu/

//ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu// adj

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The verdict

“instintivo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,392 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,392
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se faz ou se fez por instinto

Corpus desk

Index PT-instintivo · instintivo · Portuguese

instintivo · rank #57,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,392
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquebrável

Nearest frequency peer: inquebrável (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “instintivo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “instintivo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for instintivo
PropertyValue
Headwordinstintivo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,392
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “instintivo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.instintivocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “inquebrável” (#57,390), “inconsolável” (#57,386), “hermafrodita” (#57,371). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “instintivo” fica em #57,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

instintivo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,392 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for instintivo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is instintivo, spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-I-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se faz ou se fez por instinto
  2. 2
    que deriva do instinto
  3. 3
    espontâneo, impensado, natural

This word in other languages

instinctive(English)instintivo(Español)instinctif(Français)

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 "instintivo"?
"instintivo" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu/.
What does "instintivo" mean?
As an adjective, "instintivo" means: que se faz ou se fez por instinto
How do you pronounce "instintivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instintivo" is /ĩʃ.tĩ.ˈti.vu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instintivo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

masoquismo#57,440fortificar#57,332dictionary#57,267constrição#57,221

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list