j
Portuguese, letter
j is spelled J (one letter) and appears 54 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,778th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). J is a Portuguese masculine letter meaning “The tenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, J is a different word: “The tenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jota, a décima letra do alfabeto português”.
What does j mean in English?
letter
- 1
masculineThe tenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
masculineThe tenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
letter: 1. jota, a décima letra do alfabeto português
abbreviation: 1. de joule
noun: 1. décima letra do alfabeto latino usado em português
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of j
- J uppercase
- j lowercase
- J, j canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is j in Portuguese?
j appears 54 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).