j
[ˈxot̪a]
The verdict
“j” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,141) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,141
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Décima letra del alfabeto español y séptima consonante. Su nombre es jota.
Corpus desk
Index ES-j · j · Spanish
j · rank #1,141 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,141
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH familias
Nearest frequency peer: familias (-1 rank slots)
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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “j”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- distancia
distancia
98,863 corpus weight
- doble
doble
98,862 corpus weight
- familias
familias
98,861 corpus weight
- j
j
98,860 corpus weight
- marca
marca
98,858 corpus weight
- memoria
memoria
98,857 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “j” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | j |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [ˈxot̪a] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #1,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “j”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for j is neighbouring look-alikes ("ja", "jo", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [ˈxot̪a]. Frequency #1,141 among 645 “J” headwords. Gloss: "Décima letra del alfabeto español y séptima consonante. Su nombre es jota.".
Zero misspellings are on record for j in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ja", "jo", "je", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is j, spelled J.
Definition
- 1Décima letra del alfabeto español y séptima consonante. Su nombre es jota.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.