iodovsIrãoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#27,142
“iodo” frequency rank
#1,785
“Irão” frequency rank
28927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature iodo Irão
Definition 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 país do Oriente Médio, com nome oficial de República Islâmica do Irão, tem fronteiras com a Armênia, Azerbaijão, Turquemenistão, Afeganistão, Paquistão, Iraque e Turquia, é banhado ao norte pelo mar Cáspio, ao sul pelo golfo de Omã e ao sudoeste pelo golfo Pérsico, sua capital é Teerão

Letter map: iodo vs Irão

Shared letters muted; letters that set iodo and Irão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. iodo (VVCV) and Irão (VCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
iodo
4 ch
Irão

Corpus notes: iodo and Irão

iodo and Irão 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

iodo is recorded at frequency rank #27,142, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈjo.du/. Irão is at rank #1,785, 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 28927, this pair ranks #39,829 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of iodo vs Irão

Shared letters: io. Private to "iodo": d. Private to "Irão": rã.

"iodo" · 4 letters · shape VVCV  ·  "Irão" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • iodo ← idoo · ioddo · iood · oido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "iodo" and "Irão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "iodo" or "Irão"?
"Irão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,785 in our Portuguese list, against #27,142 for "iodo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "iodo" and "Irão". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "iodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Irão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,829 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "iodo" and "Irão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ino vs iodo". 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 #39,829 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