Jason
/ˈdʒeɪsən/
"jason" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jason” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,241
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jason · Jason · English
Jason · rank #3,241 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,241
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH infrastructure
Nearest frequency peer: infrastructure (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Jason”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hitting
hitting
96,763 corpus weight
- increases
increases
96,762 corpus weight
- infrastruct…
infrastructure
96,761 corpus weight
- Jason
Jason
96,760 corpus weight
- locations
locations
96,759 corpus weight
- loose
loose
96,758 corpus weight
What this shows “Jason” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jason |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒeɪsən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Jason”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Jason (IPA /ˈdʒeɪsən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,241 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jason, with forms such as "ajson", "jaosn", and "jasno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Jon", "JSON", "jeon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua. The correct English form is Jason, spelled J-A-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
- 2A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jason appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I know he will be glad of our success: / We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”). The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajson
- jaosn
- jasno
- jasonn
- jasson
- jjason
- jsaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jason - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).