zhe
/ʒiː/
"zhe" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zhe” is uncommon English (frequency #85,961 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,961
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The letter Ж, ж.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zhe · zhe · English
zhe · rank #85,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,961
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,810
- PHOTO-FINISH Zoroaster
Nearest frequency peer: Zoroaster (+3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zhe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- yeehaw
yeehaw
14,048 corpus weight
- yoho
yoho
14,047 corpus weight
- Yuzuru
Yuzuru
14,045 corpus weight
- Zadok
Zadok
14,044 corpus weight
- zhe
zhe
14,040 corpus weight
- Zoroaster
Zoroaster
14,037 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zhe” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zhe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒiː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zhe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zhe is uncommon English at frequency #85,961 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The letter Ж, ж.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zhe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian же (že). The correct English form is zhe, spelled Z-H-E.
Definition
- 1The letter Ж, ж.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian же (že).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.