joke
/ˈdʒoʊk/
The verdict
“joke” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,652 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,652
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - piada
Corpus desk
Index PT-joke · joke · Portuguese
joke · rank #61,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,652
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH jejuar
Nearest frequency peer: jejuar (-5 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 “joke”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- intimar
intimar
38,359 corpus weight
- jejuar
jejuar
38,354 corpus weight
- joke
joke
38,349 corpus weight
- knot
knot
38,344 corpus weight
- lavrar
lavrar
38,338 corpus weight
- lexical
lexical
38,334 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “joke” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joke |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒoʊk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “joke” em português
Rare enough to double-check
joke is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,652 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒoʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "piada".
No misspelling variants are generated for joke in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is joke, spelled J-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1piada
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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