ji vs job, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ji” is a pronoun and “job” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,101
“ji” frequency rank: #13,776
“job” frequency rank: 29877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ji	job
Definition	terceira pessoa do singular do caso acusativo do ona	trabalho

Letter map: ji vs job

Shared letters muted; letters that set ji and job apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ji runs 2 letters (CV) against job's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

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3 ch

job

Grammar separator: ji vs job

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ji is apronoun and jobanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ji is recorded at frequency rank #16,101, classified as apron. job is at rank #13,776, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 29877, this pair ranks #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ji vs job

Shared letters: j. Private to "ji": i. Private to "job": bo.

"ji" · 2 letters · shape CV · "job" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ji" and "job" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ji" is a pronoun and "job" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ji" or "job"?

"job" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,776 in our Portuguese list, against #16,101 for "ji". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ji" and "job". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ji" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "job" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ji" and "job" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jed vs ji". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.