Jota
/ˈjoːta/
The verdict
“Jota” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,641
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - iota
Corpus desk
Index PT-jota · Jota · Portuguese
Jota · rank #20,641 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,641
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH judaísmo
Nearest frequency peer: judaísmo (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Jota”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- inchado
inchado
79,372 corpus weight
- intensifica…
intensificação
79,367 corpus weight
- Jota
Jota
79,360 corpus weight
- judaísmo
judaísmo
79,359 corpus weight
- kris
kris
79,356 corpus weight
- logístico
logístico
79,351 corpus weight
What this shows “Jota” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | Jota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjoːta/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Jota”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Jota (IPA /ˈjoːta/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,641 among 196 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "iota".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jota, with forms such as "jjota", "joat", and "jotta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "jura", "junta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Jota, spelled J-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1iota
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjota
- joat
- jotta
- jtoa
- ojta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jota - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).