jiboia
/ʒi.ˈbɔj.ɐ/
The verdict
“jiboia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,238 among 464 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 464
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - animal pertencente à espécie Boa constrictor
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jiboia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒi.ˈbɔj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jiboia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jiboia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,238 among 464 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒi.ˈbɔj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jiboia has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is jiboia, spelled J-I-B-O-I-A.
Definition
- 1animal pertencente à espécie Boa constrictor
- 2serpente pertencente à família boidae
This word in other languages
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 “jiboia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-I-B-O-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒi.ˈbɔj.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.