jugular
/ʒu.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“jugular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,840 among 196 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,840
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à garganta
Corpus desk
Index PT-jugular · jugular · Portuguese
jugular · rank #52,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,840
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH Judeia
Nearest frequency peer: Judeia (-2 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 “jugular”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- indistintam…
indistintamente
47,191 corpus weight
- intangível
intangível
47,182 corpus weight
- intellectual
intellectual
47,181 corpus weight
- irredutível
irredutível
47,171 corpus weight
- Judeia
Judeia
47,163 corpus weight
- jugular
jugular
47,161 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “jugular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jugular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒu.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jugular” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jugular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,840 among 196 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʒu.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à garganta".
Zero misspellings are on record for jugular in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 jugular, spelled J-U-G-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1relativo à garganta
This word in other languages
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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