introduotto

Introduotto is a nonstandard spelling sometimes encountered in Italian texts as a misspelling of introdotto, the past participle of the verb introdurre meaning to introduce or bring in. The standard form introdotto is used in all formal writing and in authoritative dictionaries.

The term introdotto is formed from the verb introdurre, whose past participle follows the usual Italian pattern of adding -otto to the root. A misspelled variant like introduotto adds an extra vowel after the d, producing an incorrect spelling that can appear in casual writing, OCR transcriptions, or through typographical error.

As a spelling error, introduotto has no separate meaning or usage in standard Italian. It is not listed as a valid form in major Italian dictionaries, and editors typically correct it to introdotto. The correct past participle agrees with gender and number: mascoline singular introdotto, feminine singular introdotta, masculine plural introdotti, feminine plural introdotte. In phrases such as un termine introdotto nel testo or un elemento introdotto nella discussione, introdotto functions as an adjective or past participle.

In summary, introduotto is considered a misspelling rather than a legitimate variant. When writing in Italian, use introdotto to convey something that has been introduced. See also introdurre, introduttivo, and introduzione for related forms and concepts.