jornalista
/ʒuɾ.nɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“jornalista” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,539 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,539
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa com a profissão de escrever em jornais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jornalista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒuɾ.nɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jornalista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for jornalista is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒuɾ.nɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,539 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for jornalista, with forms such as "jjornalista", "jonralista", and "joranlista". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is jornalista, spelled J-O-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa com a profissão de escrever em jornais
- 2periodicista
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjornalista,jonralista,joranlista,jornailsta,jornalisat,jornalissta,jornalistta,jornalitsa,jornallista,jornalsita,jornlaista,jornnalista,jorrnalista,jronalista,ojrnalista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jornalista - 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.
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Using “jornalista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-O-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒuɾ.nɐ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.