Jesus
/ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/
The verdict
“Jesus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #533
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa pavor, surpresa ou susto
Corpus desk
Index PT-jesus · Jesus · Portuguese
Jesus · rank #533 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #533
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH bastante
Nearest frequency peer: bastante (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Jesus”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- agosto
agosto
99,470 corpus weight
- bastante
bastante
99,469 corpus weight
- Jesus
Jesus
99,468 corpus weight
- jovem
jovem
99,467 corpus weight
- livre
livre
99,466 corpus weight
- língua
língua
99,465 corpus weight
What this shows “Jesus” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jesus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Jesus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Jesus (IPA /ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #533 among 196 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "expressa pavor, surpresa ou susto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jesus, with forms such as "ejsus", "jessu", and "jessus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Josué", "Jeans", "jejum", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Jesus, spelled J-E-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1expressa pavor, surpresa ou susto
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejsus
- jessu
- jessus
- jesuss
- jeuss
- jjesus
- jseus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jesus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).