jojo
"jojo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jojo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,601
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A seasoned, battered and fried potato wedge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jojo · jojo · English
jojo · rank #18,601 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,601
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jammed
Nearest frequency peer: jammed (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “jojo”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- issuance
issuance
81,403 corpus weight
- itchy
itchy
81,402 corpus weight
- jammed
jammed
81,401 corpus weight
- jojo
jojo
81,400 corpus weight
- junta
junta
81,399 corpus weight
- Laos
Laos
81,397 corpus weight
What this shows “jojo” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | jojo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “jojo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around jojo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,601 among 796 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A seasoned, battered and fried potato wedge.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jojo, with forms such as "jjojo", "jjoo", and "jojjo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "joy", "Jon", "Joo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reportedly coined on the spot by an employee of the Flavor-Crisp pressure fryer company at a Chicago trade show in the early 1960s. The potatoes were used to "clean the grease" between demonstrations of cooking chicken and fish, but customers unexpectedly s… The correct English form is jojo, spelled J-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1A seasoned, battered and fried potato wedge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jojo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you're really hungry, be sure to try the wood-fired jojos (potato wedges).
The cheesy jojos threaten to colonize every inch of my appetite but I hold back by only eating them once I am nearly full.
Etymology
Reportedly coined on the spot by an employee of the Flavor-Crisp pressure fryer company at a Chicago trade show in the early 1960s. The potatoes were used to "clean the grease" between demonstrations of cooking chicken and fish, but customers unexpectedly started eating and enjoying them, leading someone to inquire what they were called.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjojo
- jjoo
- jojjo
- jooj
- ojjo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jojo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jojo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).