jacarandá

noun

The verdict

“jacarandá” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,627 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,627
frequency rank, Portuguese
196
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore da família das Bignoniáceas fornecedora da madeira pau-santo

Corpus desk

Index PT-jacaranda · jacarandá · Portuguese

jacarandá · rank #63,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,627
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 196
  • PHOTO-FINISH Juni

Nearest frequency peer: Juni (+7 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “jacarandá”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jacarandá” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jacarandá
PropertyValue
Headwordjacarandá
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,627
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “jacarandá” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.jacarandácai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Juni” (#63,634), “insolente” (#63,613), “insane” (#63,612). Entre 196 lemas com “J”, “jacarandá” fica em #63,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jacarandá is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,627 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

jacarandá has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is jacarandá, spelled J-A-C-A-R-A-N-D-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    árvore da família das Bignoniáceas fornecedora da madeira pau-santo
  2. 2
    preto (homem)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jacarandá appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A vetusta biblioteca, com mobiliário clássico em jacarandá, ainda tem um exemplar de Os Lusíadas, clássico de Luís Vaz de Camões, de 1572, e um manuscrito de D. Pedro I para a amante, Marquesa de Santos, datado de 1831.

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 "jacarandá"?
"jacarandá" is spelled J-A-C-A-R-A-N-D-Á.
What does "jacarandá" mean?
As a noun, "jacarandá" means: árvore da família das Bignoniáceas fornecedora da madeira pau-santo
What language does "jacarandá" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jacarandá", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list