jiboia
/ʒi.ˈbɔj.ɐ/
The verdict
“jiboia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,238 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - animal pertencente à espécie Boa constrictor
Corpus desk
Index PT-jiboia · jiboia · Portuguese
jiboia · rank #68,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,238
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH koala
Nearest frequency peer: koala (+19 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “jiboia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- inculto
inculto
31,790 corpus weight
- inebriante
inebriante
31,787 corpus weight
- jiboia
jiboia
31,763 corpus weight
- koala
koala
31,744 corpus weight
- labirintite
labirintite
31,739 corpus weight
- linde
linde
31,730 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jiboia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jiboia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jiboia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,238 among 196 “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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