nojo

/ˈno.ʒu/

//ˈno.ʒu// noun

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The verdict

“nojo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,793
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - repugnância que uma pessoa ou coisa inspira, seja física ou moral

Corpus desk

Index PT-nojo · nojo · Portuguese

nojo · rank #8,793 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,793
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH munição

Nearest frequency peer: munição (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “nojo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “nojo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nojo vs nos
50% similar
nojo vs Not
25% similar
nojo vs now
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nojo
PropertyValue
Headwordnojo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈno.ʒu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,793
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “nojo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).nojocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “munição” (#8,791), “paróquia” (#8,795), “misto” (#8,789). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nojo” fica em #8,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around nojo (IPA /ˈno.ʒu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,793 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nojo, with forms such as "njoo", "nnojo", and "nojjo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nos", "Not", "now", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is nojo, spelled N-O-J-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    repugnância que uma pessoa ou coisa inspira, seja física ou moral
  2. 2
    náusea
  3. 3
    luto
  4. 4
    tristeza
  5. 5
    tédio
  6. 6
    constrangimento, vergonha
  7. 7
    aquilo que provoca nojo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nojo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tenho nojo de morcego.
  2. O banheiro está um nojo.

This word in other languages

disgust(English)asco(Español)répugnance(Français)Ekel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • njoo
  • nnojo
  • nojjo
  • nooj
  • onjo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nojo - 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.

njoo2nnojo1nojjo1nooj2onjo2
Edit distance from "nojo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nojo"?
"nojo" is spelled N-O-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈno.ʒu/.
What does "nojo" mean?
As a noun, "nojo" means: repugnância que uma pessoa ou coisa inspira, seja física ou moral
What words are commonly confused with "nojo"?
"nojo" is commonly confused with "nos", "Not", "now". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nojo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nojo" is /ˈno.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nojo" come from?
"nojo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nojo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reza#8,811foca#8,772vaso#8,835Ball#8,855

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

águia5 variantsvovó5 variantstapa5 variantsever5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list