tinta

noun

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The verdict

“tinta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,260
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - líquido com pigmentação colorida utilizado na escrita e na impressão:

Corpus desk

Index PT-tinta · tinta · Portuguese

tinta · rank #5,260 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,260
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH terminal

Nearest frequency peer: terminal (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “tinta”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “tinta” 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).

tinta vs tira
60% similar
tinta vs titã
60% similar
tinta vs tuna
60% similar

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

Key facts for tinta
PropertyValue
Headwordtinta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,260
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tinta”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “terminal” (#5,259), “substituição” (#5,255), “war” (#5,265). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tinta” fica em #5,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tinta, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,260 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tinta, with forms such as "itnta", "tinat", and "tinnta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tira", "titã", "tuna", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tinta, spelled T-I-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido com pigmentação colorida utilizado na escrita e na impressão:
  2. 2
    líquido colorido utilizado em qualquer tipo de pintura:
  3. 3
    mistura líquida utilizada em tinturaria, para dar cor aos tecidos
  4. 4
    cor, pincelada de cor:
  5. 5
    doença que afeta os castanheiros e outras árvores, na que há uma proliferação do fungo Phytophthora cinnamomi

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A caneta tem tinta azul.
  2. Utiliza tinta de cor clara na parede da sala.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itnta
  • tinat
  • tinnta
  • tintta
  • titna
  • tnita
  • ttinta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tinta - 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.

itnta2tinat2tinnta1tintta1titna2tnita2ttinta1
Edit distance from "tinta"

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 "tinta"?
"tinta" is spelled T-I-N-T-A.
What does "tinta" mean?
As a noun, "tinta" means: líquido com pigmentação colorida utilizado na escrita e na impressão:
What words are commonly confused with "tinta"?
"tinta" is commonly confused with "tira", "titã", "tuna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tinta" come from?
"tinta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

durar#5,293lesão#5,219first#5,303lento#5,318

Similar misspelling depth

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

horror7 variantsdiária7 variantsdeitar7 variantscorda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list