jirau

noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jirau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jirau
PropertyValue
Headwordjirau
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “jirau” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.jiraucai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “julgador” (#64,891), “jante” (#64,886), “jaguara” (#64,885). Entre 196 lemas com “J”, “jirau” fica em #64,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jirau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jirau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list