jangada

Name: jangada, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ/

//ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“jangada” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,077
frequency rank, Portuguese: 196
“J” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de peças de madeira amarradas umas nas outras, formando uma prancha flutuante, usadas para o transporte de pessoas, mercadorias e animais

Corpus desk

Index PT-jangada · jangada · Portuguese

jangada · rank #26,077 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #26,077
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 196
PHOTO-FINISH jamaicano

Nearest frequency peer: jamaicano (-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.

infidelidade

73,936
insular

73,933
intro

73,931
iraquiana

73,930
jamaicano

73,926
jangada

73,924

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

jangada vs jogada

71% similar

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

Key facts for jangada
Property	Value
Headword	jangada
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#26,077
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “jangada”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).jangadacai aqui:

#26,077

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “jamaicano” (#26,075), “iraquiana” (#26,071), “intro” (#26,070). Entre 196 lemas com “J”, “jangada” fica em #26,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around jangada (IPA /ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,077 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 jangada, with forms such as "ajngada", "jagnada", and "janagda". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jogada", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is jangada, spelled J-A-N-G-A-D-A.

Definition

1
conjunto de peças de madeira amarradas umas nas outras, formando uma prancha flutuante, usadas para o transporte de pessoas, mercadorias e animais
2
tipo de balsa utilizada na pesca marítima, feita de cinco ou seis toras de madeira, unidas umas às outras por meio de haste de madeira e dotada de um mastro, no qual se iça uma vela triangular

This word in other languages

radeau(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ajngada
jagnada
janagda
jangaad
jangadda
jangdaa
janggada
janngada
jjangada
jnagada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jangada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "jangada"

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 "jangada"?

"jangada" is spelled J-A-N-G-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ/.

What does "jangada" mean?

As a noun, "jangada" means: conjunto de peças de madeira amarradas umas nas outras, formando uma prancha flutuante, usadas para o transporte de pessoas, mercadorias e animais

What words are commonly confused with "jangada"?

"jangada" is commonly confused with "jogada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "jangada"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jangada" is /ʒɐ̃.ˈɡa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "jangada" come from?

"jangada" 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 "jangada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

insular#26,068 fricção#26,035 exceder#26,014 exaltar#26,013

Similar misspelling depth

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

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