je

//ˈjɛ// verb

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,171

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

je is aPortugueseverb. It means: segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo jam: Pronounced /ˈjɛ/. Often confused with jo and ji.

Key facts for je
PropertyValue
Headwordje
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈjɛ/
Letters2
Frequency rank#14,171
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of je in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for je is 2 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈjɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,171 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo jam:".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for je in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "ji", "joy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is je, spelled J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo jam:

Frequency rank: #14,171 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "je"?
"je" is spelled J-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈjɛ/.
What does "je" mean?
As a verb, "je" means: segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo jam:
What words are commonly confused with "je"?
"je" is commonly confused with "jo", "ji", "joy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "je"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "je" is /ˈjɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "je" come from?
"je" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.