# joke vs Josh

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### joke
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒəʊk/ · frequency rank #2,117*
An amusing story.

### Josh
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ/ · frequency rank #3,955*
A diminutive of the male given name Joshua.

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