jurídico
/ʒu.ˈɾi.di.ku/
The verdict
“jurídico” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,739 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,739
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao sistema de leis e instituições que formam o poder judiciário
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 | jurídico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʒu.ˈɾi.di.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jurídico” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for jurídico is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒu.ˈɾi.di.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,739 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "relativo ao sistema de leis e instituições que formam o poder judiciário".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for jurídico, with forms such as "jjurídico", "jruídico", and "jurdíico". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "jurisdição", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is jurídico, spelled J-U-R-Í-D-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo ao sistema de leis e instituições que formam o poder judiciário
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjurídico,jruídico,jurdíico,jurrídico,jurídcio,juríddico,jurídicco,jurídioc,juríidco,juírdico,ujrídico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jurídico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “jurídico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is J-U-R-Í-D-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒu.ˈɾi.di.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jurisdição” - see the side-by-side comparison. jurídico vs jurisdição
- 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.