jobvsjogoConfusable pair

Which to use

“job” and “jogo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,776
“job” frequency rank
#233
“jogo” frequency rank
14009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature job jogo
Definition trabalho atividade recreativa que segue certas regras

Letter map: job vs jogo

Shared letters muted; letters that set job and jogo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. job runs 3 letters (CVC) against jogo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
job
4 ch
jogo

Spelling & dictionary notes on job vs jogo

job and jogo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

job is recorded at frequency rank #13,776, classified as anoun. jogo is at rank #233, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒo.ɡu/.

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 14009, this pair ranks #58,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of job vs jogo

Shared letters: jo. Private to "job": b. Private to "jogo": g.

"job" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "jogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jogo ← jgoo · jjogo · joggo · joog · ojgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "job" and "jogo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "job" vs "jogo" - which ranks higher?
"jogo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #233 in our Portuguese list, against #13,776 for "job". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "job" vs "jogo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "job" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jogo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "job" and "jogo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jed vs job". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #58,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list