Igor vs ir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Igor” is a noun and “ir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,193
“Igor” frequency rank: #162
“ir” frequency rank: 6355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Igor	ir
Definition	Igor.	mover-se de um lugar para outro

Letter map: Igor vs ir

Shared letters muted; letters that set Igor and ir apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

Igor

2 ch

Grammar separator: Igor vs ir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Igor is anoun and iraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Igor is recorded at frequency rank #6,193, classified as anoun, pronounced /i.ɡɔʁ/.. ir is at rank #162, tagged as averb.

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 6355, this pair ranks #68,087 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Igor vs ir

Shared letters: ir. Private to "Igor": go. Private to "ir": -.

"Igor" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ir" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

Igor ← iggor · igorr · iogr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Igor" and "ir" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Igor" is a noun and "ir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Igor" or "ir" show up more?

"ir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #162 in our Portuguese list, against #6,193 for "Igor". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Igor" vs "ir" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "Igor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #68,087 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Igor" and "ir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Igor vs ino". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #68,087 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.