Irineu

//i.ɾi.new// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,655

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Irineu is aPortuguesenoun. It means: prenome masculino Pronounced /i.ɾi.new/.

Key facts for Irineu
PropertyValue
HeadwordIrineu
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.ɾi.new/
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,655
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Irineu is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ɾi.new/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,655 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prenome masculino".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irineu, with forms such as "iirneu", "irienu", and "irinneu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Irineu, spelled I-R-I-N-E-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prenome masculino

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iirneu,irienu,irinneu,irinue,irnieu,irrineu,riineu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Irineu

Misspelling Variants of "Irineu"

iirneu6irienu6irinneu7irinue6irnieu6irrineu7riineu6
Misspelling Variants of "Irineu"

Frequency rank: #32,655 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Irineu"?
"Irineu" is spelled I-R-I-N-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ɾi.new/.
What does "Irineu" mean?
As a noun, "Irineu" means: prenome masculino
What are common misspellings of "Irineu"?
Common misspellings include "iirneu", "irienu", "irinneu", "irinue", "irnieu". The correct spelling is "Irineu".
How do you pronounce "Irineu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Irineu" is /i.ɾi.new/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Irineu" come from?
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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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.