intovsisentoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,024
“into” frequency rank
#21,219
“isento” frequency rank
31243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature into isento
Definition em desobrigado; dispensado

Where the eye mixes into and isento

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
into
6 ch
isento

Look-alike desk: into vs isento

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: into is /ˈɪn.tuː/, X-SAMPA: /"Intu:/ while isento is /i.ˈzẽ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

into is recorded at frequency rank #10,024, classified as aprep, pronounced /ˈɪn.tuː/, X-SAMPA: /"Intu:/. isento is at rank #21,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈzẽ.tu/.

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 31243, this pair ranks #36,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of into vs isento

Shared letters: inot. Private to "into": -. Private to "isento": es.

"into" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "isento" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intoinnto · inot · intto · itno · nito
  • isentoiesnto · isennto · isenot · isentto · isetno · issento · siento

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "into" and "isento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "into" is a preposition and "isento" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "into" or "isento"?
"into" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,024 in our Portuguese list, against #21,219 for "isento". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "into" and "isento" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "into" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "isento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "into" and "isento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isentar vs isento". 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 #36,905 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