jantar

/ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/

//ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ// noun

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The verdict

“jantar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,055
frequency rank, Portuguese
196
“J” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - refeição que se come no final do dia ou início da noite

Corpus desk

Index PT-jantar · jantar · Portuguese

jantar · rank #2,055 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,055
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 196
  • PHOTO-FINISH leitura

Nearest frequency peer: leitura (+1 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 “jantar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “jantar” 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).

jantar vs junta
67% similar
jantar vs juntar
83% similar
jantar vs juntas
67% similar

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

Key facts for jantar
PropertyValue
Headwordjantar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,055
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “jantar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).jantarcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “leitura” (#2,056), “guia” (#2,053), “mora” (#2,057). Entre 196 lemas com “J”, “jantar” fica em #2,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around jantar (IPA /ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,055 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jantar, with forms such as "ajntar", "janatr", and "janntar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "junta", "juntar", "juntas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is jantar, spelled J-A-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    refeição que se come no final do dia ou início da noite
  2. 2
    as iguarias que compõem essa refeição
  3. 3
    comida principal do meio do dia, almoço

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jantar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vai organizar em sua casa um jantar em homenagem a Dilma, com parlamentares do PT em São Paulo.

This word in other languages

dinner(English)cena(Español)dîner(Français)Abendessen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajntar
  • janatr
  • janntar
  • jantarr
  • jantra
  • janttar
  • jatnar
  • jjantar
  • jnatar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ajntar2janatr2janntar1jantarr1jantra2janttar1jatnar2jjantar1
Edit distance from "jantar"

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 "jantar"?
"jantar" is spelled J-A-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "jantar" mean?
As a noun, "jantar" means: refeição que se come no final do dia ou início da noite
What words are commonly confused with "jantar"?
"jantar" is commonly confused with "junta", "juntar", "juntas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jantar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jantar" is /ʒɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jantar" come from?
"jantar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garoto#2,052eleito#2,047seriam#2,072ameaça#2,080

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

leitura9 variantsdivisão9 variantsdecreto9 variantsataques9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list