japonês
/ʒa.po.'nejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“japonês” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,777 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,777
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relacionado ao Japão, seu povo ou sua cultura
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | japonês |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒa.po.'nejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “japonês” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for japonês is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒa.po.'nejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #3,777 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "relacionado ao Japão, seu povo ou sua cultura".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for japonês, with forms such as "ajponês", "jaopnês", and "japnoês". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is japonês, spelled J-A-P-O-N-Ê-S.
Definition
- 1relacionado ao Japão, seu povo ou sua cultura
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajponês,jaopnês,japnoês,japonnês,japonsê,japonêss,japoêns,japponês,jjaponês,jpaonês
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of japonês - 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.
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 “japonês”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-A-P-O-N-Ê-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒa.po.'nejs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.