Jorge

//ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/./ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,574

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Jorge is aPortuguesenoun. It means: prenome masculino muito popular na Europa. Pronounced /ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/.. It ranks #1,574 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with José and Josué.

Key facts for Jorge
PropertyValue
HeadwordJorge
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/.
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,574
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Jorge is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/.. Corpus data places it at rank #1,574 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prenome masculino muito popular na Europa.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jorge, with forms such as "jjorge", "jogre", and "joreg". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "José", "Josué", "jogo", 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 Jorge, spelled J-O-R-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    prenome masculino muito popular na Europa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjorge,jogre,joreg,jorgge,jorrge,jroge,ojrge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jorge

Misspelling Variants of "Jorge"

jjorge6jogre5joreg5jorgge6jorrge6jroge5ojrge5
Misspelling Variants of "Jorge"

Frequency rank: #1,574 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jorge"?
"Jorge" is spelled J-O-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/..
What does "Jorge" mean?
As a noun, "Jorge" means: prenome masculino muito popular na Europa.
What words are commonly confused with "Jorge"?
"Jorge" is commonly confused with "José", "Josué", "jogo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jorge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jorge" is /ˈʒɔɾ.ʒi/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jorge" come from?
"Jorge" 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.