tintim
/tĩ.ˈtĩ/
The verdict
“tintim” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,691 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #27,691
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa incentivo a que se brinde, comumente fazendo-o pós ter batido o recipiente do qual se bebe no de quem está próximo
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 | tintim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /tĩ.ˈtĩ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tintim” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tintim is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tĩ.ˈtĩ/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,691 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "expressa incentivo a que se brinde, comumente fazendo-o pós ter batido o recipiente do qual se bebe no de quem está próximo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tintim, with forms such as "itntim", "tinitm", and "tinntim". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tinto", "titio", "tinta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tintim, spelled T-I-N-T-I-M.
Definition
- 1expressa incentivo a que se brinde, comumente fazendo-o pós ter batido o recipiente do qual se bebe no de quem está próximo
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itntim,tinitm,tinntim,tintimm,tintmi,tinttim,titnim,tnitim,ttintim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tintim - 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.
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 “tintim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-I-N-T-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tĩ.ˈtĩ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tinto” - see the side-by-side comparison. tintim vs tinto
- 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.