jeque

/[ˈxeke]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,690

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

jeque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dirigente o régulo musulmán o árabe que gobierna y manda un territorio, provincia, o villa. Pronounced [ˈxeke]. Often confused with jue and Jesus.

Key facts for jeque
PropertyValue
Headwordjeque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxeke]
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,690
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jeque in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jeque is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxeke]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,690 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for jeque, with forms such as "ejque", "jeqeu", and "jeqque". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "jue", "Jesus", "Jesse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is jeque, spelled J-E-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dirigente o régulo musulmán o árabe que gobierna y manda un territorio, provincia, o villa.
  2. 2
    Clérigo religioso del islam; líder de una comunidad religiosa islámica.
  3. 3
    Título oficial para miembros de las familias reales y de familias prominentes de países árabes.
  4. 4
    Título honorífico para musulmanes respetados en virtud de su edad o de sus conocimientos islámicos y/o espirituales.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ejque,jeqeu,jeqque,jeuqe,jjeque,jqeue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jeque

Misspelling Variants of "jeque"

ejque5jeqeu5jeqque6jeuqe5jjeque6jqeue5
Misspelling Variants of "jeque"

Frequency rank: #25,690 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeque"?
"jeque" is spelled J-E-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxeke].
What does "jeque" mean?
As a noun, "jeque" means: Dirigente o régulo musulmán o árabe que gobierna y manda un territorio, provincia, o villa.
What words are commonly confused with "jeque"?
"jeque" is commonly confused with "jue", "Jesus", "Jesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jeque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeque" is [ˈxeke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeque" come from?
"jeque" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.