# jade

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒeɪd/ · frequency rank #9,909

## Definitions
1. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
2. A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
3. A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)

## Easily confused with
- **JD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jd)
- **Joe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-joe)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jan)
- **jay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jay)
- **jam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jam)
- **jaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jaw)
- **jar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jar)
- **Jai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jai)
- **Jax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jax)
- **Jed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jed)
- **jag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jag)
- **Jap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jap)
- **Jas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jas)
- **Jah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jah)
- **Jie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jie)
- **June** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-june)
- **joke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-joke)
- **jail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jail)
- **Jane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jane)
- **jazz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jade-vs-jazz)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ajde`, `jadde`, `jaed`, `jdae`, `jjade`

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