Javan
/ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/
"javan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Javan” is uncommon English (frequency #85,388 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,388
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java
Corpus desk
Index EN-javan · Javan · English
Javan · rank #85,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,388
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH Jaycee
Nearest frequency peer: Jaycee (+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 “Javan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jagannath
Jagannath
14,617 corpus weight
- Javan
Javan
14,613 corpus weight
- Jaycee
Jaycee
14,612 corpus weight
- Jhelum
Jhelum
14,610 corpus weight
- JKR
JKR
14,607 corpus weight
- Judaica
Judaica
14,602 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Javan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Javan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Javan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Javan is uncommon English at frequency #85,388 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒɑːvən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Javan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Java + -an. The correct English form is Javan, spelled J-A-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to, or from, the island of Java
- 2Belonging to, or descended from, its Javanese main people and its culture
Etymology
From Java + -an.
This word in other languages
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 5 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.