jogar
The verdict
“jogar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #918
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer apostas em jogo
Corpus desk
Index PT-jogar · jogar · Portuguese
jogar · rank #918 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #918
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH liberdade
Nearest frequency peer: liberdade (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jogar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dormir
dormir
99,089 corpus weight
- jogar
jogar
99,083 corpus weight
- liberdade
liberdade
99,082 corpus weight
- receber
receber
99,080 corpus weight
- sejam
sejam
99,078 corpus weight
- seleção
seleção
99,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jogar” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jogar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “jogar” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around jogar, averb. Corpus frequency is #918 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jogar, with forms such as "jgoar", "jjogar", and "joagr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "jogo", "joia", "Jota", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is jogar, spelled J-O-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer apostas em jogo
- 2entregar-se ao jogo
- 3arremessar, atirar, sacudir
- 4participar do jogo de
- 5articular
- 6arremessar-se, atirar-se.
- 7atribuir (regência verbal com preposição: em)
- 8pesquisar na internet através de mecanismo de busca internético se introduzindo termo dentro de um campo de pesquisa e se pressionando enter ou botão com respetiva função de iniciar a pesquisa (regência verbal com preposição: em)
- 9arrastar e soltar imagem em campo de busca de mecanismo de busca por imagem (regência verbal com preposição: em)
- 10atuar, proceder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jogar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os grupos de amigos jogavam bilhar.
Ele jogou a caixa no lixo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jgoar
- jjogar
- joagr
- jogarr
- joggar
- jogra
- ojgar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jogar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jogar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "jogar". Here's where to go from here.
- "jogar" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "jogo". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #918 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.