jogo

//ˈʒo.ɡu// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#233

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

jogo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: atividade recreativa que segue certas regras Pronounced /ˈʒo.ɡu/. It ranks #233 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with joy and José.

Key facts for jogo
PropertyValue
Headwordjogo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʒo.ɡu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#233
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for jogo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʒo.ɡu/. Corpus data places it at rank #233 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for jogo, with forms such as "jgoo", "jjogo", and "joggo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "José", "John", 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 jogo, spelled J-O-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    atividade recreativa que segue certas regras
  2. 2
    competição
  3. 3
    uma partida de um esporte
  4. 4
    conjunto de peças formando um todo
  5. 5
    brinquedo
  6. 6
    atividade em que se arrisca dinheiro ou outros objetos
  7. 7
    ardil, manha
  8. 8
    real intenção, verdadeira pretensão; verdade do que se passa
  9. 9
    pedra rolada de rio

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jgoo,jjogo,joggo,joog,ojgo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jogo

Misspelling Variants of "jogo"

jgoo4jjogo5joggo5joog4ojgo4
Misspelling Variants of "jogo"

Frequency rank: #233 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jogo"?
"jogo" is spelled J-O-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʒo.ɡu/.
What does "jogo" mean?
As a noun, "jogo" means: atividade recreativa que segue certas regras
What words are commonly confused with "jogo"?
"jogo" is commonly confused with "joy", "José", "John". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jogo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jogo" is /ˈʒo.ɡu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jogo" come from?
"jogo" 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.