jerico
/ʒɨ.ˈɾi.ku/
The verdict
“jerico” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jumento, asno
Corpus desk
Index PT-jerico · jerico · Portuguese
jerico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jerico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨ.ˈɾi.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jerico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jerico is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɨ.ˈɾi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for jerico in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is jerico, spelled J-E-R-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1jumento, asno
- 2bobo, idiota
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.