jactância
/ʒɐˈk.tɐ̃.sjɐ/
The verdict
“jactância” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vaidade
Corpus desk
Index PT-jactancia · jactância · Portuguese
jactância · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jactância |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɐˈk.tɐ̃.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jactância” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jactância is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɐˈk.tɐ̃.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jactância, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 jactância, spelled J-A-C-T-Â-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1vaidade
- 2bazófia
- 3altivez
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jactância appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.