juan
noun
juan is spelled J-U-A-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Juan, the name). As a noun, juan means “A scroll of a traditional Chinese book, often (but not necessarily) corresponding to a single chapter or fascicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of juan is juans.
How many letters and syllables are in juan?
| Letters | 4: J-U-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is juan?
Juan appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Juan, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce juan?
Juan has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with juan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as juan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: jaun.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of juan
- juans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does juan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A scroll of a traditional Chinese book, often (but not necessarily) corresponding to a single chapter or fascicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does juan come from?
From Mandarin 卷.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).