jerk
/dʒɝk/
The verdict
“jerk” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,030 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,030
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espasmo
Corpus desk
Index PT-jerk · jerk · Portuguese
jerk · rank #92,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,030
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH lasso
Nearest frequency peer: lasso (+23 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “jerk”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- indiferente…
indiferentemente
8,016 corpus weight
- intoxicar
intoxicar
7,996 corpus weight
- jerk
jerk
7,971 corpus weight
- lasso
lasso
7,948 corpus weight
- malhão
malhão
7,914 corpus weight
- maltrapilho
maltrapilho
7,912 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jerk” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jerk |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʒɝk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jerk” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jerk is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,030 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dʒɝk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jerk, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is jerk, spelled J-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1espasmo
- 2puxão, solavanco
- 3tique nervoso; sestro
- 4cretino, idiota
- 5variação da aceleração em função do tempo
- 6levantamento de peso acima da cabeça, partindo da altura dos ombros, por meio da extensão dos braços
Synonyms
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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