Giacomo
/'ʤakomo/.
The verdict
“Giacomo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,530 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,530
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jacó
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Giacomo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'ʤakomo/. |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Giacomo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Giacomo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,530 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /'ʤakomo/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jacó".
Zero misspellings are on record for Giacomo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Giacomo, spelled G-I-A-C-O-M-O.
Definition
- 1Jacó
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.
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Using “Giacomo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-I-A-C-O-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /'ʤakomo/. (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.