íris

//ˈi.ɾiʃ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,993

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

íris is aPortuguesenoun. It means: meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares Pronounced /ˈi.ɾiʃ/. It ranks #7,993 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with is and its.

Key facts for íris
PropertyValue
Headwordíris
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈi.ɾiʃ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,993
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for íris is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈi.ɾiʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,993 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for íris, with forms such as "ríis", "íirs", and "íriss". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "its", "irmã", 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 íris, spelled Í-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares
  2. 2
    cores que, através de algumas lunetas, se observam em volta dos objetos
  3. 3
    quartzo irisado
  4. 4
    membrana circular e colorida situada no interior do olho e da qual procede a cor dos olhos
  5. 5
    gênero de plantas com flor, muito apreciado pelas suas diversas espécies, que ostentam flores de cores muito vivas; são, vulgarmente, designadas como lírios

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ríis,íirs,íriss,írris,írsi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for íris

Misspelling Variants of "íris"

ríis4íirs4íriss5írris5írsi4
Misspelling Variants of "íris"

Frequency rank: #7,993 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "íris"?
"íris" is spelled Í-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈi.ɾiʃ/.
What does "íris" mean?
As a noun, "íris" means: meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares
What words are commonly confused with "íris"?
"íris" is commonly confused with "is", "its", "irmã". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "íris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "íris" is /ˈi.ɾiʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "íris" come from?
"íris" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter Í 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.