instrumento

//ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,780

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

instrumento is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo Pronounced /ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/. It ranks #2,780 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Instrumental.

Key facts for instrumento
PropertyValue
Headwordinstrumento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,780
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for instrumento is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,780 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for instrumento, with forms such as "innstrumento", "insrtumento", and "insstrumento". 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, "Instrumental", 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 instrumento, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-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
    ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo
  2. 2
    qualquer dos utensílios utilizados para produzir sons musicais
  3. 3
    agente:

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstrumento,insrtumento,insstrumento,instrmuento,instrrumento,instruemnto,instrumennto,instrumenot,instrumentto,instrumetno,instrummento,instrumneto,insttrumento,insturmento,intsrumento,isntrumento,nistrumento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instrumento

Misspelling Variants of "instrumento"

innstrumento12insrtumento11insstrumento12instrmuento11instrrumento12instruemnto11instrumennto12instrumenot11
Misspelling Variants of "instrumento"

Frequency rank: #2,780 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instrumento"?
"instrumento" is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "instrumento" mean?
As a noun, "instrumento" means: ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo
What words are commonly confused with "instrumento"?
"instrumento" is commonly confused with "Instrumental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instrumento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instrumento" is /ĩʃ.tɾu.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instrumento" come from?
"instrumento" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.