jade
[ˈxað̞e]
The verdict
“jade” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,740 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,740
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Piedra semipreciosa dura y compacta variando su color de blanquecino a verde oscuro, muy apreciada en joyería para la fabricación de piezas de adorno personal, esculturas o rodillos masajeadores.
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 | jade |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxað̞e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jade” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jade is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxað̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,740 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Piedra semipreciosa dura y compacta variando su color de blanquecino a verde oscuro, muy apreciada en joyería para la fabricación de piezas de adorno personal, esculturas o rodillos masajeadores.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jade, with forms such as "ajde", "jadde", and "jaed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "je", "Joe", "Jan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is jade, spelled J-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Piedra semipreciosa dura y compacta variando su color de blanquecino a verde oscuro, muy apreciada en joyería para la fabricación de piezas de adorno personal, esculturas o rodillos masajeadores.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajde,jadde,jaed,jdae,jjade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jade - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “jade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxað̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “je” - see the side-by-side comparison. jade vs je
- 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.