Joh
/d͡ʒəʊ/
"joh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Joh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,730) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #43,730
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutive of Johannes, notably used in reference to
Corpus desk
Index EN-joh · Joh · English
Joh · rank #43,730 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,730
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Karel
Nearest frequency peer: Karel (+5 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 neighbours of confusable “Joh”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- ISC
ISC
56,279 corpus weight
- isotopic
isotopic
56,278 corpus weight
- Iver
Iver
56,277 corpus weight
- Joh
Joh
56,271 corpus weight
- Karel
Karel
56,266 corpus weight
- Khomeini
Khomeini
56,264 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Joh” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Joh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒəʊ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #43,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Joh”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Joh is neighbouring look-alikes ("Jr", "Ju", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced /d͡ʒəʊ/. Frequency #43,730 among 796 “J” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Joh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Jr", "Ju", "JV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Joh, spelled J-O-H.
Definition
- 1Diminutive of Johannes, notably used in reference to
- 2Diminutive of Johannes, notably used in reference to:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Joh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How Joh inspired a generation.
Nationals shake off Joh era.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).