James
/d͡ʒeɪmz/
The verdict
“James” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,215
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jaime.
Corpus desk
Index ES-james · James · Spanish
James · rank #2,215 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,215
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH hiciste
Nearest frequency peer: hiciste (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “James”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- filosofía
filosofía
97,789 corpus weight
- Guatemala
Guatemala
97,788 corpus weight
- hiciste
hiciste
97,787 corpus weight
- James
James
97,786 corpus weight
- licencia
licencia
97,785 corpus weight
- millón
millón
97,784 corpus weight
What this shows “James” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | James |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒeɪmz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “James”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around James (IPA /d͡ʒeɪmz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,215 among 645 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for James, with forms such as "ajmes", "jaems", and "jamess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Jane", "jefes", "Jones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 James, spelled J-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Jaime.
- 2Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajmes
- jaems
- jamess
- jammes
- jamse
- jjames
- jmaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of James - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).