tojo
/ˈto.ʒu/
The verdict
“tojo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,171 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,171
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome vulgar de vários arbustos espinhosos que crescem nos terrenos áridos; planta arbustiva espinhosa frequente nas matas portuguesas
Corpus desk
Index PT-tojo · tojo · Portuguese
tojo · rank #75,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,171
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH thy
Nearest frequency peer: thy (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tojo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- terraplenag…
terraplenagem
24,838 corpus weight
- thu
thu
24,834 corpus weight
- thy
thy
24,833 corpus weight
- tojo
tojo
24,830 corpus weight
- torniquete
torniquete
24,827 corpus weight
- tragar
tragar
24,822 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tojo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tojo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈto.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tojo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tojo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,171 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈto.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nome vulgar de vários arbustos espinhosos que crescem nos terrenos áridos; planta arbustiva espinhosa frequente nas matas portuguesas".
Zero misspellings are on record for tojo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is tojo, spelled T-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1nome vulgar de vários arbustos espinhosos que crescem nos terrenos áridos; planta arbustiva espinhosa frequente nas matas portuguesas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tojo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
variedades conforme o tipo de espinhos:
nomes científicos:
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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