jacinto

/ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu/

//ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“jacinto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,799
frequency rank, Portuguese
196
“J” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome vulgar de plantas bulbosas pertencentes ao género Hyacinthus e também pertencentes à família das Liliáceas

Corpus desk

Index PT-jacinto · jacinto · Portuguese

jacinto · rank #16,799 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,799
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 196
  • PHOTO-FINISH irrelevante

Nearest frequency peer: irrelevante (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “jacinto”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “jacinto” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jacinto vs jacto
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jacinto
PropertyValue
Headwordjacinto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,799
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “jacinto”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.jacintocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “irrelevante” (#16,797), “introduzido” (#16,796), “Josué” (#16,802). Entre 196 lemas com “J”, “jacinto” fica em #16,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around jacinto (IPA /ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,799 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for jacinto, with forms such as "ajcinto", "jaccinto", and "jacinnto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jacto", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 jacinto, spelled J-A-C-I-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome vulgar de plantas bulbosas pertencentes ao género Hyacinthus e também pertencentes à família das Liliáceas
  2. 2
    variedade amarelo-avermelhado e castanho-avermelhado do mineral zircão (silicato natural de zircônio)

This word in other languages

hyacinth(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajcinto
  • jaccinto
  • jacinnto
  • jacinot
  • jacintto
  • jacitno
  • jacnito
  • jaicnto
  • jcainto
  • jjacinto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jacinto - 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.

ajcinto2jaccinto1jacinnto1jacinot2jacintto1jacitno2jacnito2jaicnto2
Edit distance from "jacinto"

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 "jacinto"?
"jacinto" is spelled J-A-C-I-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu/.
What does "jacinto" mean?
As a noun, "jacinto" means: nome vulgar de plantas bulbosas pertencentes ao género Hyacinthus e também pertencentes à família das Liliáceas
What words are commonly confused with "jacinto"?
"jacinto" is commonly confused with "jacto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jacinto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jacinto" is /ʒɐ.ˈsĩ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jacinto" come from?
"jacinto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

feeling10 variantsplatina10 variantsespinho10 variantsenxofre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list