jabuticaba

noun

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The verdict

“jabuticaba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,249 among 464 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,249
frequency rank, Portuguese
464
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fruto de coloração exterior negra, que se obtém da jaboticabeira ou da jabuticabeira

Key facts for jabuticaba
PropertyValue
Headwordjabuticaba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jabuticaba” 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). jabuticaba 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

jabuticaba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,249 among 464 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jabuticaba, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 jabuticaba, spelled J-A-B-U-T-I-C-A-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruto de coloração exterior negra, que se obtém da jaboticabeira ou da jabuticabeira
  2. 2
    mulher que tem a cor da pele escura
  3. 3
    algo problemático criado no contexto da, e circunspecto à, sociedade brasileira

Synonyms

jaboticaba

This word in other languages

jaboticaba(Français)

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 "jabuticaba"?
"jabuticaba" is spelled J-A-B-U-T-I-C-A-B-A.
What does "jabuticaba" mean?
As a noun, "jabuticaba" means: fruto de coloração exterior negra, que se obtém da jaboticabeira ou da jabuticabeira
What language does "jabuticaba" come from?
"jabuticaba" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “jabuticaba”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-A-B-U-T-I-C-A-B-A - 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