Iemanjá
The verdict
“Iemanjá” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,612 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,612
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - orixá africano, rainha das águas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iemanjá |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Iemanjá” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Iemanjá is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #28,612 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "orixá africano, rainha das águas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iemanjá, with forms such as "eimanjá", "ieamnjá", and "iemajná". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Iemanjá, spelled I-E-M-A-N-J-Á.
Definition
- 1orixá africano, rainha das águas
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eimanjá,ieamnjá,iemajná,iemanjjá,iemannjá,iemanáj,iemmanjá,iemnajá,imeanjá
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iemanjá - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Iemanjá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-E-M-A-N-J-Á - 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.