Irineu
/i.ɾi.new/
The verdict
“Irineu” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,655
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome masculino
Corpus desk
Index PT-irineu · Irineu · Portuguese
Irineu · rank #32,655 · 7 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,655
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH Irish
Nearest frequency peer: Irish (+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 “Irineu”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- inquieto
inquieto
67,353 corpus weight
- intendente
intendente
67,351 corpus weight
- Irineu
Irineu
67,346 corpus weight
- Irish
Irish
67,345 corpus weight
- irreconhecí…
irreconhecível
67,343 corpus weight
- Josefina
Josefina
67,339 corpus weight
What this shows “Irineu” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irineu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.ɾi.new/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Irineu”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Irineu (IPA /i.ɾi.new/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,655 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "prenome masculino".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irineu, with forms such as "iirneu", "irienu", and "irinneu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Portuguese form is Irineu, spelled I-R-I-N-E-U.
Definition
- 1prenome masculino
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Irineu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Irineu Bornhausen"
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iirneu
- irienu
- irinneu
- irinue
- irnieu
- irrineu
- riineu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irineu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).