gerônimo

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The verdict

“gerônimo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,204 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,204
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,241
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa autoencorajamento ao ato de lançar-se, arremessar-se, arrojar-se, jogar-se, atirar-se

Key facts for gerônimo
PropertyValue
Headwordgerônimo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gerônimo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gerônimo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gerônimo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,204 among 1,241 “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

This word in other languages

geronimo(English)

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?
"gerônimo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “gerônimo”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-R-Ô-N-I-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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