# joshi

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,997

## Definitions
1. Japanese women's professional wrestling
2. Japanese women's professional wrestling

## Etymology
Ellipsis of 女子プロレス (joshi puroresu), itself a compound of 女子 (joshi, “woman”) + プロレス (puroresu, “professional wrestling”).

## Easily confused with
- **joss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joshi-vs-joss)
- **Joshua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joshi-vs-joshua)
- **Joh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joh-vs-joshi)
- **john** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/john-vs-joshi)
- **Josh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/josh-vs-joshi)
- **Jose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jose-vs-joshi)
- **Jodi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jodi-vs-joshi)
- **Joni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joni-vs-joshi)
- **Josef** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/josef-vs-joshi)

## Common misspellings (7)
`jjoshi`, `johsi`, `joshhi`, `josih`, `josshi`, `jsohi`, `ojshi`

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