I'd vs imi, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“I'd” is a contraction and “imi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,016
“I'd” frequency rank: #47,938
“imi” frequency rank: 80954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	I'd	imi
Definition	contração de I would (esse caso é o mais utilizado)	terceira pessoa do singular do passado do indicativo do verbo imeä:

Letter map: I'd vs imi

Shared letters muted; letters that set I'd and imi apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. I'd runs 2 letters (VC) against imi's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

I'd

3 ch

imi

Grammar separator: I'd vs imi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: I'd is acontraction and imiaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

I'd is recorded at frequency rank #33,016, classified as acontraction. imi is at rank #47,938, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈi.mi/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 80954, this pair ranks #1,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of I'd vs imi

Shared letters: i. Private to "I'd": d. Private to "imi": m.

"I'd" · 2 letters · shape VC · "imi" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "I'd" for "imi" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "I'd" is a contraction and "imi" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "I'd" vs "imi" - which ranks higher?

"I'd" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,016 in our Portuguese list, against #47,938 for "imi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "I'd" and "imi".

Full dictionary entry for "I'd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "imi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"I'd" and "imi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imi vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.