jes
/jɛs/
The verdict
“jes” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,822 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,822
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sim
Corpus desk
Index PT-jes · jes · Portuguese
jes · rank #59,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,822
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH Kanu
Nearest frequency peer: Kanu (+2 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 “jes”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hates
hates
40,226 corpus weight
- iglu
iglu
40,210 corpus weight
- jes
jes
40,179 corpus weight
- Kanu
Kanu
40,177 corpus weight
- límpido
límpido
40,145 corpus weight
- matata
matata
40,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jes” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /jɛs/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jes” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jes is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,822 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /jɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sim".
jes has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 jes, spelled J-E-S.
Definition
- 1sim
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).