Which to use
“ins” is a preposition and “íon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,900
- “ins” frequency rank
- #44,174
- “íon” frequency rank
- 72074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ins | íon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ao, no, dendro do | espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons |
Letter map: ins vs íon
Shared letters muted; letters that set ins and íon apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for ins / íon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ins is apreposition and íonanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ins is recorded at frequency rank #27,900, classified as aprep, pronounced /ɪns/. íon is at rank #44,174, tagged as anoun.
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 72074, this pair ranks #3,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ins vs íon
Shared letters: n. Private to "ins": is. Private to "íon": oí.
"ins" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "íon" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ins" for "íon" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ins" or "íon"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ins" and "íon". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "íon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ins" and "íon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs íon". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #3,163 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.