gerônimo

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The verdict

“gerônimo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,204 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,204
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa autoencorajamento ao ato de lançar-se, arremessar-se, arrojar-se, jogar-se, atirar-se

Corpus desk

Index PT-geronimo · gerônimo · Portuguese

gerônimo · rank #62,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,204
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH guichê

Nearest frequency peer: guichê (+11 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “gerônimo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gerônimo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gerônimo
PropertyValue
Headwordgerônimo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gerônimo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gerônimocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “guichê” (#62,215), “hakuna” (#62,216), “flicker” (#62,188). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gerônimo” fica em #62,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gerônimo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,204 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressa autoencorajamento ao ato de lançar-se, arremessar-se, arrojar-se, jogar-se, atirar-se".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gerônimo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gerônimo, spelled G-E-R-Ô-N-I-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa autoencorajamento ao ato de lançar-se, arremessar-se, arrojar-se, jogar-se, atirar-se

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gerônimo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Vamos lá garotão, não quero deixar a minha esposa viúva antes do tempo. Gerônimo!!!!!!!!” – grita Daniel enquanto salta pela porta da aeronave.
  2. Ligações De Almas 2

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gerônimo"?
"gerônimo" is spelled G-E-R-Ô-N-I-M-O.
What does "gerônimo" mean?
As an interjection, "gerônimo" means: expressa autoencorajamento ao ato de lançar-se, arremessar-se, arrojar-se, jogar-se, atirar-se
What language does "gerônimo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gerônimo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list