Jeroboam
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/
"jeroboam" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jeroboam” is uncommon English (frequency #99,426 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,426
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - First king of the Kingdom of Israel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jeroboam · Jeroboam · English
Jeroboam · rank #99,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,426
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH jellied
Nearest frequency peer: jellied (-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 “Jeroboam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jayde
Jayde
581 corpus weight
- jellied
jellied
576 corpus weight
- Jeroboam
Jeroboam
575 corpus weight
- jiva
jiva
573 corpus weight
- Johnathon
Johnathon
572 corpus weight
- Junichi
Junichi
569 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jeroboam” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jeroboam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jeroboam” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jeroboam is uncommon English at frequency #99,426 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈboʊəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "First king of the Kingdom of Israel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Jeroboam in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām). The correct English form is Jeroboam, spelled J-E-R-O-B-O-A-M.
Definition
- 1First king of the Kingdom of Israel.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יָרָבְעָם (yāroḇʿām).
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 8 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.