jacaré
/ʒa.ka.ˈɾɛ/
The verdict
“jacaré” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,775 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,775
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - espécie de crocodilo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jacaré |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒa.ka.ˈɾɛ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jacaré” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for jacaré is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒa.ka.ˈɾɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,775 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jacaré, with forms such as "ajcaré", "jaacré", and "jacarré". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 jacaré, spelled J-A-C-A-R-É.
Definition
- 1espécie de crocodilo
- 2caimão
- 3no jogo do bicho, o décimo quinto grupo de quatro dezenas que inclui os números de 57 a 60
- 4pessoa que está a rondar, comumente bem atenta para se informar de detalhes do que se passa na vida alheia de alguém em particular
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajcaré,jaacré,jacarré,jacaér,jaccaré,jacraé,jcaaré,jjacaré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jacaré - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “jacaré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-A-C-A-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒa.ka.ˈɾɛ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.