jovial
/ʒu.ˈvjaɫ/
The verdict
“jovial” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,086
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que gosta de rir
Corpus desk
Index PT-jovial · jovial · Portuguese
jovial · rank #36,086 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,086
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH Joachim
Nearest frequency peer: Joachim (-3 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 “jovial”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- internar
internar
63,925 corpus weight
- Joachim
Joachim
63,918 corpus weight
- jovial
jovial
63,915 corpus weight
- leiteira
leiteira
63,908 corpus weight
- limoeiro
limoeiro
63,905 corpus weight
- logar
logar
63,903 corpus weight
What this shows “jovial” 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 | jovial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒu.ˈvjaɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “jovial”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around jovial (IPA /ʒu.ˈvjaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,086 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for jovial, with forms such as "jjovial", "joival", and "jovail". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "joia", "jornal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is jovial, spelled J-O-V-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1que gosta de rir
- 2que gosta de fazer rir
- 3alegre; prazenteiro; chistoso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjovial
- joival
- jovail
- joviall
- jovila
- jovvial
- jvoial
- ojvial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jovial - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jovial", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).