jed

noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“jed” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #47,440 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#47,440
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veneno, peçonha, toxina

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

jed vs jo
33% similar
jed vs ji
33% similar
jed vs joy
33% similar

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

Key facts for jed
PropertyValue
Headwordjed
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#47,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jed” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). jed lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for jed is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #47,440 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

jed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 11 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is jed, spelled J-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    veneno, peçonha, toxina
  2. 2
    aquilo que corrompe moralmente

Synonyms

toxin

Antonyms

protijed

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 "jed"?
"jed" is spelled J-E-D.
What does "jed" mean?
As a noun, "jed" means: veneno, peçonha, toxina
What words are commonly confused with "jed"?
"jed" is commonly confused with "jo", "ji", "joy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "jed" come from?
"jed" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “jed”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “jo” - see the side-by-side comparison. jed vs jo
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list