intro

//in.troː// adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,070

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

intro is anPortugueseadv. It means: no interior, dentro Pronounced /in.troː/. Often confused with isto and ino.

Key facts for intro
PropertyValue
Headwordintro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/in.troː/
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,070
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for intro is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /in.troː/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,070 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "no interior, dentro".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for intro, with forms such as "inntro", "inrto", and "intor". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "isto", "ino", "into", and more, 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 intro, spelled I-N-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    no interior, dentro

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inntro,inrto,intor,intrro,inttro,itnro,nitro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for intro

Misspelling Variants of "intro"

inntro6inrto5intor5intrro6inttro6itnro5nitro5
Misspelling Variants of "intro"

Frequency rank: #26,070 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intro"?
"intro" is spelled I-N-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /in.troː/.
What does "intro" mean?
As an adv, "intro" means: no interior, dentro
What words are commonly confused with "intro"?
"intro" is commonly confused with "isto", "ino", "into". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "intro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intro" is /in.troː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "intro" come from?
"intro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.