ji

pron

The verdict

“ji” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #16,101 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#16,101
frequency rank, Portuguese
2
letters
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do caso acusativo do ona

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ji vs jo
50% similar
ji vs joy
33% similar
ji vs job
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ji
PropertyValue
Headwordji
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#16,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ji” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ji lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ji is 2 letters long, classified as a pronoun. Corpus data places it at rank #16,101 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do singular do caso acusativo do ona".

Zero misspellings are on record for ji in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "joy", "job", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ji, spelled J-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do caso acusativo do ona

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ji"?
"ji" is spelled J-I.
What does "ji" mean?
As a pronoun, "ji" means: terceira pessoa do singular do caso acusativo do ona
What words are commonly confused with "ji"?
"ji" is commonly confused with "jo", "joy", "job". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ji" come from?
"ji" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “ji”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “jo” - see the side-by-side comparison. ji vs jo
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list