Yeshua
/ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/
"yeshua" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yeshua” is uncommon English (frequency #61,922 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,922
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jesus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yeshua |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yeshua” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yeshua is uncommon English at frequency #61,922 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Yeshua in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebr… The correct English form is Yeshua, spelled Y-E-S-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1Jesus
- 2Joshua
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).
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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Using “Yeshua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-E-S-H-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.