jio
/t͡sjoː˦/
"jio" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jio” is uncommon English (frequency #50,614 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,614
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To invite (someone) to an event or activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jio · jio · English
jio · rank #50,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,614
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jettison
Nearest frequency peer: jettison (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “jio”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jailing
jailing
49,394 corpus weight
- jalapeño
jalapeño
49,393 corpus weight
- jettison
jettison
49,389 corpus weight
- jio
jio
49,387 corpus weight
- Joseon
Joseon
49,384 corpus weight
- jut
jut
49,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jio” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jio |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /t͡sjoː˦/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jio” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jio is uncommon English at frequency #50,614 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /t͡sjoː˦/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To invite (someone) to an event or activity.".
jio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 招 (chio, “invite”). The correct English form is jio, spelled J-I-O.
Definition
- 1To invite (someone) to an event or activity.
Etymology
From Hokkien 招 (chio, “invite”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).