jato
/ʒa.tu/. [ˈʒatu]
The verdict
“jato” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,998
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de lançar ou de arremessar
Corpus desk
Index PT-jato · jato · Portuguese
jato · rank #3,998 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,998
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH júri
Nearest frequency peer: júri (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jato”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- frango
frango
96,011 corpus weight
- gostoso
gostoso
96,009 corpus weight
- jato
jato
96,003 corpus weight
- júri
júri
96,002 corpus weight
- magia
magia
96,000 corpus weight
- marcha
marcha
95,998 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jato” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | jato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒa.tu/. [ˈʒatu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “jato” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around jato (IPA /ʒa.tu/. [ˈʒatu]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,998 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jato, with forms such as "ajto", "jaot", and "jatto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "jet", "jogo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is jato, spelled J-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato de lançar ou de arremessar
- 2saída impetuosa; jorro
- 3avião a jato
- 4ímpeto
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajto
- jaot
- jatto
- jjato
- jtao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jato - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "jato". Here's where to go from here.
- "jato" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "jo". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,998 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.