just

//ˈdʒʌst// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,218

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

just is anPortugueseadj. It means: justo Pronounced /ˈdʒʌst/. It ranks #5,218 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with justo and justa.

Key facts for just
PropertyValue
Headwordjust
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈdʒʌst/
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,218
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of just in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for just is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʒʌst/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,218 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "justo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for just, with forms such as "jjust", "jsut", and "jusst". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "justo", "justa", "jet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is just, spelled J-U-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    justo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjust,jsut,jusst,justt,juts,ujst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for just

Misspelling Variants of "just"

jjust5jsut4jusst5justt5juts4ujst4
Misspelling Variants of "just"

Frequency rank: #5,218 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "just"?
"just" is spelled J-U-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdʒʌst/.
What does "just" mean?
As an adj, "just" means: justo
What words are commonly confused with "just"?
"just" is commonly confused with "justo", "justa", "jet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "just"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "just" is /ˈdʒʌst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "just" come from?
"just" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.