Jesus
/ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/
The verdict
“Jesus” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #533 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #533
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa pavor, surpresa ou susto
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) |
Where “Jesus” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Jesus is 5 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/. Corpus data places it at rank #533 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Jesus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-E-S-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒe.ˈzus/, /ʒe.ˈzujs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Josué” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jesus vs Josué
- 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.