jet
/ˈjɛt/, ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“jet” sits in 13 confusable pairs (corpus #14,631) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,631
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ir, andar
Corpus desk
Index PT-jet · jet · Portuguese
jet · rank #14,631 · 0 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,631
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH joia
Nearest frequency peer: joia (+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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “jet”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- iniciação
iniciação
85,383 corpus weight
- investido
investido
85,377 corpus weight
- isolar
isolar
85,373 corpus weight
- jet
jet
85,370 corpus weight
- joia
joia
85,369 corpus weight
- magnético
magnético
85,359 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “jet” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | jet |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈjɛt/, ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #14,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “jet”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for jet is neighbouring look-alikes ("jo", "ji", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈjɛt/, ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #14,631 among 196 “J” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jet, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "ji", "joy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is jet, spelled J-E-T.
Definition
- 1ir, andar
- 2ir
- 3estar em marcha
- 4partir
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
jet autem/vlakem
Elektrárna jede na plný výkon.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).