gajo
The verdict
“gajo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,305
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - qualquer pessoa cujo nome não se conhece ou se quer omitir; fulano (também jocoso ou pejorativo)
Corpus desk
Index PT-gajo · gajo · Portuguese
gajo · rank #5,305 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,305
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH galera
Nearest frequency peer: galera (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gajo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Filipinas
Filipinas
94,699 corpus weight
- first
first
94,698 corpus weight
- gajo
gajo
94,696 corpus weight
- galera
galera
94,695 corpus weight
- ginásio
ginásio
94,694 corpus weight
- hit
hit
94,693 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gajo” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gajo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gajo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gajo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,305 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gajo, with forms such as "agjo", "gajjo", and "gaoj". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "gay", "gás", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is gajo, spelled G-A-J-O.
Definition
- 1qualquer pessoa cujo nome não se conhece ou se quer omitir; fulano (também jocoso ou pejorativo)
- 2indivíduo de baixa reputação
- 3indivíduo velhaco, finório
- 4indivíduo natural de Portugal; português
- 5indivíduo de maneiras abrutalhadas
- 6malandro
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gajo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O gajo não sabia para onde mais olhar.
O lugar de todos estes gajos é no xadrez.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agjo
- gajjo
- gaoj
- ggajo
- gjao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gajo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gajo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.