Jago
"jago" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jago” is uncommon English (frequency #58,776 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,776
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jago · Jago · English
Jago · rank #58,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,776
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacque
Nearest frequency peer: Jacque (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Jago”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jacobean
Jacobean
41,228 corpus weight
- Jacobin
Jacobin
41,227 corpus weight
- Jacque
Jacque
41,226 corpus weight
- Jago
Jago
41,225 corpus weight
- jailbait
jailbait
41,224 corpus weight
- jammers
jammers
41,223 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jago” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jago |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jago” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jago is uncommon English at frequency #58,776 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Jago in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:2… The correct English form is Jago, spelled J-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A male given name.
Etymology
From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Yago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.