Jessica
/ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/
"jessica" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jessica” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,428 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #5,428
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew.
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 | Jessica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jessica” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Jessica is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,428 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A female given name from Hebrew.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jessica, with forms such as "ejssica", "jesica", and "jesisca". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Jessie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version”), a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms imperfect form o… The correct English form is Jessica, spelled J-E-S-S-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Hebrew.
Etymology
First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version”), a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms imperfect form of a verb ultimately from the root ס־כ־ה (s-k-h), itself an alternative form of the root שׂ־כ־ה (ś-k-h), both of which mean "to see, behold, look for". * By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of Jessie, from Jane.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ejssica,jesica,jesisca,jesscia,jessiac,jessicca,jjessica,jsesica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jessica - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Jessica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-E-S-S-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Jessie” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jessica vs Jessie
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.