# ia vs ins

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ia
*verb · IPA /ˈi.ɐ/ · frequency rank #600*
primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir

### ins
*preposition · IPA /ɪns/ · frequency rank #27,900*
ao, no, dendro do

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ia-vs-ins