inovsiodoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#49,532
“ino” frequency rank
#27,142
“iodo” frequency rank
76674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ino iodo
Definition ser do sexo feminino; fêmea elemento químico de símbolo I, possui o número atômico 53 e massa atômica relativa 126,904 u; é um não-metal, halogênio, de cor negra; apesar de abundante, não é encontrado livre na natureza, ocorrendo principalmente na forma de iodetos e iodatos em rochas, solos, água do mar e depósitos de sal; é utilizado principalmente na medicina, como desinfetante; é um elemento essencial para o corpo humano; sua falta provoca o hipotiroidismo causando o bócio e a mixedema

Letter map: ino vs iodo

Shared letters muted; letters that set ino and iodo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ino runs 3 letters (VCV) against iodo's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
ino
4 ch
iodo

Pair insight - ino / iodo

ino and iodo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ino is recorded at frequency rank #49,532, classified as anoun. iodo is at rank #27,142, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈjo.du/.

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 76674, this pair ranks #2,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ino vs iodo

Shared letters: io. Private to "ino": n. Private to "iodo": d.

"ino" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "iodo" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • iodo ← idoo · ioddo · iood · oido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ino" for "iodo" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "ino" vs "iodo" - which ranks higher?
"iodo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,142 in our Portuguese list, against #49,532 for "ino". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ino" and "iodo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "iodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ino" and "iodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs ioiô". 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 #2,044 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