ironia

/i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/

//i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“ironia” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,963
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uso de palavras para transmitir um sentido oposto ao sentido literal

Corpus desk

Index PT-ironia · ironia · Portuguese

ironia · rank #5,963 · 7 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,963
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH informática

Nearest frequency peer: informática (-2 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 “ironia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “ironia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

ironia vs irónico
57% similar
ironia vs iron
67% similar

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

Key facts for ironia
PropertyValue
Headwordironia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,963
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ironia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ironiacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “informática” (#5,961), “Lewis” (#5,965), “Hungria” (#5,958). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ironia” fica em #5,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ironia (IPA /i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,963 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ironia, with forms such as "iornia", "irnoia", and "iroina". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "irónico", "iron", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ironia, spelled I-R-O-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    uso de palavras para transmitir um sentido oposto ao sentido literal
  2. 2
    resultado de eventos que é contrário ao que seria esperado
  3. 3
    estilo sarcástico de escrita ou fala

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A ironia de sua resposta é bastante óbvia.

This word in other languages

irony(English)ironía(Español)ironie(Français)Ironie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iornia
  • irnoia
  • iroina
  • ironai
  • ironnia
  • irronia
  • rionia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ironia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iornia2irnoia2iroina2ironai2ironnia1irronia1rionia2
Edit distance from "ironia"

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 "ironia"?
"ironia" is spelled I-R-O-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/.
What does "ironia" mean?
As a noun, "ironia" means: uso de palavras para transmitir um sentido oposto ao sentido literal
What words are commonly confused with "ironia"?
"ironia" is commonly confused with "irónico", "iron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ironia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ironia" is /i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ironia" come from?
"ironia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ironia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mensal#5,968mágica#5,972eterno#5,945Pequim#5,982

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Lewis7 variantspires7 variantscurva7 variantsrival7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list