job

noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,776

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

job is aPortuguesenoun. It means: trabalho Often confused with joy and jogo.

Key facts for job
PropertyValue
Headwordjob
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#13,776
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of job in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for job is 3 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,776 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for job in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "jogo", "José", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is job, spelled J-O-B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    trabalho
  2. 2
    grupo de tarefas de computador executadas como um conjunto
  3. 3
    um ato criminoso

Frequency rank: #13,776 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "job"?
"job" is spelled J-O-B.
What does "job" mean?
As a noun, "job" means: trabalho
What words are commonly confused with "job"?
"job" is commonly confused with "joy", "jogo", "José". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "job" come from?
"job" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.