journo
"journo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“journo” is uncommon English (frequency #63,724 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,724
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A journalist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-journo · journo · English
journo · rank #63,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,724
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH joyless
Nearest frequency peer: joyless (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “journo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jenkin
Jenkin
36,281 corpus weight
- jiao
jiao
36,280 corpus weight
- Jonesy
Jonesy
36,279 corpus weight
- journo
journo
36,277 corpus weight
- joyless
joyless
36,276 corpus weight
- junket
junket
36,274 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “journo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “journo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
journo is uncommon English at frequency #63,724 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A journalist.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for journo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From journalist + -o (“diminutive suffix”). Australian.https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/journo The correct English form is journo, spelled J-O-U-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1A journalist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how journo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He′d been packed in with all the other journos, standing out only in that he was taller than most and didn′t make as much noise.
Journos and scribes are officially welcomed by the Taliban and then never given visas to enter. The Red Cross needs Talib approval for all journos before you can book a flight.
Etymology
From journalist + -o (“diminutive suffix”). Australian.https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/journo
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).