jirau

noun

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The verdict

“jirau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,889 among 464 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,889
frequency rank, Portuguese
464
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - designação de qualquer estrado ou palanque de construção definitiva ou provisória

Key facts for jirau
PropertyValue
Headwordjirau
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jirau” 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). jirau lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

jirau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,889 among 464 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

jirau has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is jirau, spelled J-I-R-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação de qualquer estrado ou palanque de construção definitiva ou provisória
  2. 2
    estrado de varas ou de tela de arame que serve para colocar panelas, pratos, vasilhas para secar

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 "jirau"?
"jirau" is spelled J-I-R-A-U.
What does "jirau" mean?
As a noun, "jirau" means: designação de qualquer estrado ou palanque de construção definitiva ou provisória
What language does "jirau" come from?
"jirau" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “jirau”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-I-R-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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