jokesome

adj

"jokesome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jokesome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by joking or jocularity; joky; humorous

Corpus desk

Index EN-jokesome · jokesome · English

jokesome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for jokesome
PropertyValue
Headwordjokesome
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jokesome” in English

jokesomefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jokesome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marked by joking or jocularity; joky; humorous".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jokesome, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From joke + -some. The correct English form is jokesome, spelled J-O-K-E-S-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marked by joking or jocularity; joky; humorous

Etymology

From joke + -some.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jokesome"?
"jokesome" is spelled J-O-K-E-S-O-M-E.
What does "jokesome" mean?
As an adjective, "jokesome" means: Marked by joking or jocularity; joky; humorous
What is the origin of the word "jokesome"?
From joke + -some. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list