índiovsintoTell them apart

Quick tell: índio is a adjective, into is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“índio” is an adjective and “into” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,719
“índio” frequency rank
#10,024
“into” frequency rank
17743
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature índio into
Definition pertencente ou relativo aos índios em

Letter map: índio vs into

Shared letters muted; letters that set índio and into apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
índio
4 ch
into

Part-of-speech tell for índio / into

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: índio is anadjective and intoapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

índio is recorded at frequency rank #7,719, classified as anadj. into is at rank #10,024, tagged as aprep, pronounced /ˈɪn.tuː/, X-SAMPA: /"Intu:/.

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 17743, this pair ranks #53,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of índio vs into

Shared letters: ino. Private to "índio": . Private to "into": t.

"índio" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "into" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intoinnto · inot · intto · itno · nito

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "índio" for "into" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "índio" is an adjective and "into" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "índio" or "into" show up more?
"índio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,719 in our Portuguese list, against #10,024 for "into". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "índio" and "into". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "índio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "into" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "índio" and "into" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs into". 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 #53,430 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