# jean

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒiːn/ · frequency rank #3,889

## Definitions
1. Denim.

## Etymology
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.

## Easily confused with
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jon)
- **jet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jet)
- **jin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jin)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jun)
- **Jew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jew)
- **Jen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jen)
- **Jeb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jeb)
- **Jed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jed)
- **Jia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jia)
- **jer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jer)
- **Jem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jem)
- **john** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-john)
- **join** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-join)
- **Jews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jews)
- **Jeff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jeff)
- **Juan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-juan)
- **jets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jets)
- **Joan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-joan)
- **jerk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jerk)
- **Jeep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jean-vs-jeep)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ejan`, `jeann`, `jjean`

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