jasper
/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/
"jasper" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jasper” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,180
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jasper · jasper · English
jasper · rank #13,180 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,180
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jailed
Nearest frequency peer: jailed (-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 “jasper”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- inventor
inventor
86,824 corpus weight
- ISA
ISA
86,823 corpus weight
- jailed
jailed
86,822 corpus weight
- jasper
jasper
86,821 corpus weight
- jewels
jewels
86,820 corpus weight
- Juliet
Juliet
86,819 corpus weight
What this shows “jasper” 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 | jasper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jasper”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around jasper (IPA /ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,180 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for jasper, with forms such as "ajsper", "japser", and "jasepr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "jumper", "Javier", "jester", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis). The correct English form is jasper, spelled J-A-S-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- 2An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
- 3Jasperware pottery.
Etymology
From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajsper
- japser
- jasepr
- jasperr
- jaspper
- jaspre
- jassper
- jjasper
- jsaper
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jasper - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jasper", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).