jocoso
/ʒu.ˈko.zu/
The verdict
“jocoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,700 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,700
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que faz rir; alegre, divertido
Corpus desk
Index PT-jocoso · jocoso · Portuguese
jocoso · rank #79,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,700
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH lizard
Nearest frequency peer: lizard (+28 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 “jocoso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- idílico
idílico
20,349 corpus weight
- impugnar
impugnar
20,338 corpus weight
- jocoso
jocoso
20,301 corpus weight
- lizard
lizard
20,273 corpus weight
- logro
logro
20,272 corpus weight
- mecum
mecum
20,244 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jocoso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jocoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒu.ˈko.zu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jocoso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jocoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,700 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʒu.ˈko.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que faz rir; alegre, divertido".
jocoso has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is jocoso, spelled J-O-C-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1que faz rir; alegre, divertido
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jocoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anteontem, antes da divulgação do resultado da reunião, Mantega já havia ensaiado um recuo, argumentando que era só “uma brincadeira, um comentário jocoso”.
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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