Which to use
“Irão” and “íris” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,785
- “Irão” frequency rank
- #7,993
- “íris” frequency rank
- 9778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Irão | íris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares |
Letter map: Irão vs íris
Shared letters muted; letters that set Irão and íris apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Pair insight - Irão / íris
Irão and íris 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Irão is recorded at frequency rank #1,785, classified as anoun. íris is at rank #7,993, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈi.ɾiʃ/.
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 9778, this pair ranks #63,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Irão vs íris
Shared letters: ir. Private to "Irão": oã. Private to "íris": sí.
"Irão" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "íris" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Irão" and "íris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Irão" vs "íris" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "Irão" and "íris". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Irão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "íris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Irão" and "íris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ioiô vs íris". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.