JIS
/ˌd͡ʒeɪˌaɪˈɛs/
"jis" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“JIS” is uncommon English (frequency #69,161 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,161
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of Japanese Industrial Standards.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jis · JIS · English
JIS · rank #69,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,161
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH jist
Nearest frequency peer: jist (+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 “JIS”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jeepers
jeepers
30,844 corpus weight
- Jewishness
Jewishness
30,842 corpus weight
- JIS
JIS
30,840 corpus weight
- jist
jist
30,839 corpus weight
- Judaic
Judaic
30,835 corpus weight
- Jumeirah
Jumeirah
30,834 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “JIS” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | JIS |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌd͡ʒeɪˌaɪˈɛs/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “JIS” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
JIS is uncommon English at frequency #69,161 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌd͡ʒeɪˌaɪˈɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of Japanese Industrial Standards.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for JIS, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is JIS, spelled J-I-S.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Japanese Industrial Standards.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 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.