# j vs job

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### j
*character · IPA /dʒeɪ/ · frequency rank #1,084*
The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

### job
*noun · IPA /dʒɒb/ · frequency rank #296*
A task.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/j-vs-job