jamais
/ʒa.ˈmajs/
The verdict
“jamais” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,710 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #1,710
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - em nenhum tempo do futuro
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 | jamais |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ʒa.ˈmajs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jamais” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for jamais is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒa.ˈmajs/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,710 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 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 jamais, with forms such as "ajmais", "jaamis", and "jamaiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "James", "Jamaica", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is jamais, spelled J-A-M-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1em nenhum tempo do futuro
- 2em nenhum tempo possível
- 3em nenhuma oportunidade, vez, momento ou ocasião anteriormente, até então
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajmais,jaamis,jamaiss,jamasi,jamias,jammais,jjamais,jmaais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jamais - 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 “jamais”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-A-M-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒa.ˈmajs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “James” - see the side-by-side comparison. jamais vs James
- 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.