jefe
[ˈxefe]
The verdict
“jefe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #609
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que tiene la responsabilidad de dirigir a otras personas, y tiene autoridad sobre ellas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jefe · jefe · Spanish
jefe · rank #609 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #609
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH experiencia
Nearest frequency peer: experiencia (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jefe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ellas
ellas
99,395 corpus weight
- enero
enero
99,394 corpus weight
- experiencia
experiencia
99,393 corpus weight
- jefe
jefe
99,392 corpus weight
- leer
leer
99,391 corpus weight
- llama
llama
99,390 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jefe” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | jefe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxefe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “jefe” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around jefe (IPA [ˈxefe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #609 among 645 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona que tiene la responsabilidad de dirigir a otras personas, y tiene autoridad sobre ellas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for jefe, with forms such as "ejfe", "jeef", and "jeffe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Joe", "jet", "jen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is jefe, spelled J-E-F-E.
Definition
- 1Persona que tiene la responsabilidad de dirigir a otras personas, y tiene autoridad sobre ellas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejfe
- jeef
- jeffe
- jfee
- jjefe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jefe - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jefe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "jefe". Here's where to go from here.
- "jefe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Joe". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #609 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.