issue

noun

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The verdict

“issue” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #24,694) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,694
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saída, lugar por onde se sai, se passa

Corpus desk

Index PT-issue · issue · Portuguese

issue · rank #24,694 · 4 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,694
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH invencível

Nearest frequency peer: invencível (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “issue”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “issue” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

issue vs isso
60% similar

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

Key facts for issue
PropertyValue
Headwordissue
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,694
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “issue”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).issuecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “invencível” (#24,692), “interatividade” (#24,689), “infravermelho” (#24,687). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “issue” fica em #24,694. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for issue is neighbouring look-alikes ("isso"), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #24,694 among 938 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for issue, with forms such as "isseu", "isue", and "isuse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "isso", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is issue, spelled I-S-S-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    saída, lugar por onde se sai, se passa
  2. 2
    resultado final

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce château a des issues secrètes.
  2. Nous attendons l’issue de cette affaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isseu
  • isue
  • isuse
  • sisue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of issue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

isseu2isue1isuse2sisue2
Edit distance from "issue"

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 "issue"?
"issue" is spelled I-S-S-U-E.
What does "issue" mean?
As a noun, "issue" means: saída, lugar por onde se sai, se passa
What words are commonly confused with "issue"?
"issue" is commonly confused with "isso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "issue" come from?
"issue" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hindi#24,677meigo#24,718guest#24,668fores#24,651

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list