ina vs ir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,904
“ina” frequency rank: #162
“ir” frequency rank: 45066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ina	ir
Definition	mãe	mover-se de um lugar para outro

Letter map: ina vs ir

Shared letters muted; letters that set ina and ir apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

ina

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for ina / ir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ina is anoun and iraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ina is recorded at frequency rank #44,904, classified as anoun, pronounced /iˈna/, [ʔɪˈnʌ]. 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 45066, this pair ranks #20,366 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ina vs ir

Shared letters: i. Private to "ina": an. Private to "ir": r.

"ina" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ir" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which is more common, "ina" or "ir"?

"ir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #162 in our Portuguese list, against #44,904 for "ina". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "ina" and "ir". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ina" 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 #20,366 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ina" and "ir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ina vs ino". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,366 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.