ja
[ˈxa]
The verdict
“ja” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,782 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #2,782
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Usado para indicar la risa, la burla o la incredulidad.
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 | ja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈxa] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #2,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ja is 2 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,782 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Usado para indicar la risa, la burla o la incredulidad.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ja in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "je", "ji", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ja, spelled J-A.
Definition
- 1Usado para indicar la risa, la burla o la incredulidad.
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.
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Using “ja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jo” - see the side-by-side comparison. ja vs jo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.