jama
[ˈxama]
The verdict
“jama” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,472 among 7,810 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,472
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de jamar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jama |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈxama] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jama” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jama is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,472 among 7,810 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈxama]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
jama has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is jama, spelled J-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de jamar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de jamar.
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 “jama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxama] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.