indavsirmãTell them apart

Quick tell: inda is a intj, irmã is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inda” is an intj and “irmã” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,957
“inda” frequency rank
#939
“irmã” frequency rank
37896
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inda irmã
Definition para expressar um desejo, tomara, oxalá aquela que em relação a outrem, possui os dois pais (o mesmo pai e a mesma mãe ao mesmo tempo) em comum

Letter map: inda vs irmã

Shared letters muted; letters that set inda and irmã apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. inda and irmã follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
inda
4 ch
irmã

Role in the sentence - inda and irmã

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: inda is anintj and irmãanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inda is recorded at frequency rank #36,957, classified as anintj. irmã is at rank #939, tagged as anoun, pronounced /iɾ.ˈmɐ̃/.

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 37896, this pair ranks #28,659 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of inda vs irmã

Shared letters: i. Private to "inda": adn. Private to "irmã": mrã.

"inda" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "irmã" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inda ← idna · inad · indda · innda · nida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "inda" and "irmã" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inda" is an intj and "irmã" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inda" vs "irmã" - which ranks higher?
"irmã" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #939 in our Portuguese list, against #36,957 for "inda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "inda" vs "irmã" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "irmã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,659 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inda" and "irmã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inda 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 #28,659 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list