Jacob
/xaˈkob/
The verdict
“Jacob” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,776 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,776
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jacó, Jacob
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jacob |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /xaˈkob/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jacob” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Jacob is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /xaˈkob/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,776 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Jacó, Jacob".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jacob, with forms such as "ajcob", "jacbo", and "jaccob". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "job", "jato", "jacto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Jacob, spelled J-A-C-O-B.
Definition
- 1Jacó, Jacob
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajcob,jacbo,jaccob,jacobb,jaocb,jcaob,jjacob
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jacob - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Jacob”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-A-C-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /xaˈkob/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “job” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jacob vs job
- 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.