je

[je]

/[je]/ verb

The verdict

“je” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,446) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,446
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de jam.

Corpus desk

Index ES-je · je · Spanish

je · rank #7,446 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,446
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH intentaron

Nearest frequency peer: intentaron (-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 “je”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “je” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

je vs jo
50% similar
je vs ji
50% similar
je vs ju
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for je
PropertyValue
Headwordje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[je]
Letters2
Frequency rank#7,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “je”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).jecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “intentaron” (#7,445), “jersey” (#7,447), “ingredientes” (#7,444). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “je” va en #7,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for je is neighbouring look-alikes ("jo", "ji", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [je]. Frequency #7,446 among 645 “J” headwords. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de jam.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for je, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "ji", "ju", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is je, spelled J-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de jam.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "je"?
"je" is spelled J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [je].
What does "je" mean?
As a verb, "je" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de jam.
What words are commonly confused with "je"?
"je" is commonly confused with "jo", "ji", "ju". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "je"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "je" is [je]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "je" come from?
"je" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list