ida vs ira, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ida” and “ira” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,206
“ida” frequency rank: #5,314
“ira” frequency rank: 10520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ida	ira
Definition	ação, ato ou movimento de ir	cólera

Where the eye mixes ida and ira

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch

ida

3 ch

ira

Why the eye confuses ida with ira

A purely visual mix-up. ida (/ˈi.dɐ/) and ira (/ˈi.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “ida” becomes r in “ira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ida is recorded at frequency rank #5,206, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈi.dɐ/. ira is at rank #5,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈi.ɾɐ/.

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 10520, this pair ranks #62,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ida vs ira

Shared letters: ai. Private to "ida": d. Private to "ira": r.

"ida" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ira" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ida" for "ira" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/ˈi.dɐ/ versus /ˈi.ɾɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "ida" or "ira"?

"ida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,206 in our Portuguese list, against #5,314 for "ira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ida" and "ira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "ida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #62,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ida" and "ira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs ira". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #62,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.