isso
The verdict
“isso” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #40 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #40
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - essa coisa ou esse assunto; essas coisas; esses assuntos
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “isso” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for isso is 4 letters long, classified as a pronoun. Corpus data places it at rank #40 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for isso, with forms such as "iso", "isos", and "siso". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "its", "isto", "issue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is isso, spelled I-S-S-O.
Definition
- 1essa coisa ou esse assunto; essas coisas; esses assuntos
- 2referência a coisa específica que está perto da pessoa com quem se fala ou a assunto acabado de discutir
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iso,isos,siso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isso - 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.
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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Using “isso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-S-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “its” - see the side-by-side comparison. isso vs its
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.