a jusante

phrase

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The verdict

“a jusante” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - em relação a um rio, para o lado da foz

Key facts for a jusante
PropertyValue
Headworda jusante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “a jusante” sits in Portuguese frequency

a jusante falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

a jusante is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for a jusante, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is a jusante, spelled A- -J-U-S-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    em relação a um rio, para o lado da foz
  2. 2
    abaixo, depois, num patamar inferior de uma hierarquia

Antonyms

a montante

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "a jusante"?
"a jusante" is spelled A- -J-U-S-A-N-T-E.
What does "a jusante" mean?
As a phrase, "a jusante" means: em relação a um rio, para o lado da foz
What language does "a jusante" come from?
"a jusante" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “a jusante”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A- -J-U-S-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list