instinto

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,112

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

instinto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: padrão inato de atividade ou tendência a um tipo de ação comum a uma certa espécie biológica Often confused with instante.

Key facts for instinto
PropertyValue
Headwordinstinto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,112
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for instinto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,112 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for instinto, with forms such as "innstinto", "insitnto", and "insstinto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "instante", 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 instinto, spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    padrão inato de atividade ou tendência a um tipo de ação comum a uma certa espécie biológica
  2. 2
    impulso, inclinação, tendência natural ou inata
  3. 3
    aptidão ou dom natural

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstinto,insitnto,insstinto,instinnto,instinot,instintto,institno,instnito,insttinto,intsinto,isntinto,nistinto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instinto

Misspelling Variants of "instinto"

innstinto9insitnto8insstinto9instinnto9instinot8instintto9institno8instnito8
Misspelling Variants of "instinto"

Frequency rank: #13,112 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instinto"?
"instinto" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-O.
What does "instinto" mean?
As a noun, "instinto" means: padrão inato de atividade ou tendência a um tipo de ação comum a uma certa espécie biológica
What words are commonly confused with "instinto"?
"instinto" is commonly confused with "instante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "instinto" come from?
"instinto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.