inteiro

/ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/

//ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu// adj

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The verdict

“inteiro” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,244
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-inteiro · inteiro · Portuguese

inteiro · rank #1,244 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,244
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH infelizmente

Nearest frequency peer: infelizmente (-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 “inteiro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “inteiro” 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).

inteiro vs intro
71% similar
inteiro vs íntimo
57% similar
inteiro vs interno
71% similar

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

Key facts for inteiro
PropertyValue
Headwordinteiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,244
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “inteiro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).inteirocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “infelizmente” (#1,243), “leve” (#1,245), “impossível” (#1,242). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inteiro” fica em #1,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around inteiro (IPA /ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,244 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for inteiro, with forms such as "inetiro", "innteiro", and "inteior". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intro", "íntimo", "interno", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is inteiro, spelled I-N-T-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    completo
  2. 2
    que tem todas as suas partes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eu comi um peixe inteiro.
  2. Eu vi o esqueleto inteiro.

This word in other languages

whole(English)entier(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetiro
  • innteiro
  • inteior
  • inteirro
  • interio
  • intiero
  • intteiro
  • itneiro
  • niteiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inteiro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inetiro2innteiro1inteior2inteirro1interio2intiero2intteiro1itneiro2
Edit distance from "inteiro"

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 "inteiro"?
"inteiro" is spelled I-N-T-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/.
What does "inteiro" mean?
As an adjective, "inteiro" means: completo
What words are commonly confused with "inteiro"?
"inteiro" is commonly confused with "intro", "íntimo", "interno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inteiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inteiro" is /ĩ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inteiro" come from?
"inteiro" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

general#1,240matéria#1,248memória#1,249ciência#1,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tenham9 variantstrazer9 variantschance9 variantsglobal9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list