ir

verb

The verdict

“ir” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #162) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#162
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mover-se de um lugar para outro

Corpus desk

Index PT-ir · ir · Portuguese

ir · rank #162 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #162
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH dar

Nearest frequency peer: dar (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ir”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “ir” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

ir vs is
50% similar
ir vs it
50% similar
ir vs iu
50% similar

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

Key facts for ir
PropertyValue
Headwordir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters2
Frequency rank#162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ir”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “dar” (#161), “la” (#163), “contra” (#160). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ir” fica em #162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ir is neighbouring look-alikes ("is", "it", …), not just typos; it is averb. Frequency #162 among 938 “I” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for ir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "it", "iu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ir, spelled I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    mover-se de um lugar para outro
  2. 2
    forma o futuro (breve) de um verbo no infinitivo
  3. 3
    passar do estado vivo para a condição de morto
  4. 4
    deixar-se levar, ser influenciado (regência verbal com preposição: por ou em)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eu irei à sua casa amanhã.
  2. Vou caminhar pela praia (o mesmo que 'caminharei pela praia')

This word in other languages

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 "ir"?
"ir" is spelled I-R.
What does "ir" mean?
As a verb, "ir" means: mover-se de um lugar para outro
What words are commonly confused with "ir"?
"ir" is commonly confused with "is", "it", "iu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ir" come from?
"ir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list