# Joel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/ · frequency rank #7,466

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A surname from Hebrew.
3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
4. A minor prophet, a son of Samuel, and other Old Testament persons.

## Etymology
From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.

## Easily confused with
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joy)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jon)
- **jog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jog)
- **Joo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joo)
- **jot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jot)
- **Joh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joh)
- **jor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jor)
- **john** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-john)
- **join** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-join)
- **joke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joke)
- **Josh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-josh)
- **Jose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jose)
- **joey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joey)
- **jong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jong)
- **joys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joys)
- **jojo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jojo)
- **joss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joss)
- **JPEG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jpeg)
- **jolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-jolt)
- **Joni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joel-vs-joni)

## Common misspellings (5)
`jeol`, `jjoel`, `joell`, `jole`, `ojel`

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