# jest vs Jose

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### jest
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒɛst/ · frequency rank #26,849*
An act performed for amusement; a joke.

### Jose
*name · IPA /hoʊˈzeɪ/ · frequency rank #5,056*
A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Joseph, an anglicized spelling of Spanish José and Portuguese José.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jest-vs-jose