isto
/ˈis.tu/
The verdict
“isto” sits in 16 confusable pairs (corpus #349) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #349
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indica algo que está próximo a quem fala ou assunto de que se fala
Corpus desk
Index PT-isto · isto · Portuguese
isto · rank #349 · 4 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #349
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH fosse
Nearest frequency peer: fosse (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “isto”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- brasileira
brasileira
99,657 corpus weight
- deste
deste
99,655 corpus weight
- fosse
fosse
99,653 corpus weight
- isto
isto
99,652 corpus weight
- população
população
99,650 corpus weight
- quatro
quatro
99,648 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “isto” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | isto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈis.tu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “isto”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for isto is neighbouring look-alikes ("it", "its", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈis.tu/. Frequency #349 among 938 “I” headwords. Gloss: "indica algo que está próximo a quem fala ou assunto de que se fala".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for isto, with forms such as "isot", "issto", and "istto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "it", "its", "is", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is isto, spelled I-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1indica algo que está próximo a quem fala ou assunto de que se fala
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how isto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
quero isto aqui
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isot
- issto
- istto
- itso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isto - 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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