Juche
/ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/
"juche" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Juche” is uncommon English (frequency #86,412 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,412
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-juche · Juche · English
Juche · rank #86,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,412
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jugg
Nearest frequency peer: jugg (+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 “Juche”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jeannine
Jeannine
13,599 corpus weight
- jetsam
jetsam
13,596 corpus weight
- Jowett
Jowett
13,591 corpus weight
- Juche
Juche
13,589 corpus weight
- jugg
jugg
13,588 corpus weight
- kantar
kantar
13,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Juche” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Juche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Juche” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Juche is uncommon English at frequency #86,412 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Juche in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “subject”). The correct English form is Juche, spelled J-U-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Juche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What is Juche in our Party's ideological work? What are we doing? We are not engaged in any other country's revolution, but precisely in the Korean revolution. This, the Korean revolution, constitutes Juche in the ideological work of our Party.
Despite its rejection of theism and its political origins, there are several reasons for labeling Juche ideology a form of spirituality. […] According to Juche teachings, human beings only exist within societies.
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “subject”).
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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