japa
/d͡ʒá.k͡pā/
"japa" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“japa” is uncommon English (frequency #97,161 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,161
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-japa · japa · English
japa · rank #97,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,161
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH Janowski
Nearest frequency peer: Janowski (-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 “japa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Iskra
Iskra
2,848 corpus weight
- jakey
jakey
2,844 corpus weight
- Janowski
Janowski
2,841 corpus weight
- japa
japa
2,840 corpus weight
- Jeremias
Jeremias
2,831 corpus weight
- jessamine
jessamine
2,830 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “japa” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | japa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “japa” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
japa is uncommon English at frequency #97,161 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for japa, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa. The correct English form is japa, spelled J-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa.
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.