# Java

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɑːvə/ · frequency rank #7,146

## Definitions
1. An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.
2. An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
3. JavaScript (by confusion with Java).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese Jawa, via Franco-Italian and Latin, possibly from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa, “island of barley”), used in reference to the coffee grown on Java and nearby islands since at least 1850. The programming language (initially called Oak) is a reference to java, the blend of coffee from the island.

## Easily confused with
- **JV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jv)
- **jay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jay)
- **jaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jaw)
- **Jax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jax)
- **Jia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jia)
- **jazz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jazz)
- **jaws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jaws)
- **jays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jays)
- **jive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jive)
- **juve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-juve)
- **Jaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jaya)
- **Jena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jena)
- **juba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-juba)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jura)
- **Jove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-jove)
- **Javed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-javed)
- **Juana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/java-vs-juana)
- **JA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ja-vs-java)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jan-vs-java)
- **jam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jam-vs-java)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ajva`, `jaav`, `javva`, `jjava`, `jvaa`

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