jirau
The verdict
“jirau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,889 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,889
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação de qualquer estrado ou palanque de construção definitiva ou provisória
Corpus desk
Index PT-jirau · jirau · Portuguese
jirau · rank #64,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,889
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH julgador
Nearest frequency peer: julgador (+2 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 “jirau”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- investigaci…
investigación
35,125 corpus weight
- jaguara
jaguara
35,116 corpus weight
- jante
jante
35,115 corpus weight
- jirau
jirau
35,112 corpus weight
- julgador
julgador
35,110 corpus weight
- kiel
kiel
35,103 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jirau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jirau |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jirau” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jirau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,889 among 196 “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
- 1designação de qualquer estrado ou palanque de construção definitiva ou provisória
- 2estrado de varas ou de tela de arame que serve para colocar panelas, pratos, vasilhas para secar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jirau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trançavam-lhes jeitosamente os galhos interiores, sem lhes desfazer a fronde, de modo a se formar, dois metros sobre o chão, pequeno jirau, suspenso, capaz de suportar comodamente um ou dois atiradores invisíveis, ocultos na folhagem.
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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