jockey

/[ˈʝokej]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,972

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

jockey is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grafía alternativa de yóquey. Pronounced [ˈʝokej]. Often confused with joker.

Key facts for jockey
PropertyValue
Headwordjockey
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝokej]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,972
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jockey is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝokej]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,972 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grafía alternativa de yóquey.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for jockey, with forms such as "jcokey", "jjockey", and "jocckey". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "joker", 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 jockey, spelled J-O-C-K-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grafía alternativa de yóquey.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jcokey,jjockey,jocckey,joceky,jockeyy,jockkey,jockye,jokcey,ojckey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jockey

Misspelling Variants of "jockey"

jcokey6jjockey7jocckey7joceky6jockeyy7jockkey7jockye6jokcey6
Misspelling Variants of "jockey"

Frequency rank: #30,972 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jockey"?
"jockey" is spelled J-O-C-K-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝokej].
What does "jockey" mean?
As a noun, "jockey" means: Grafía alternativa de yóquey.
What words are commonly confused with "jockey"?
"jockey" is commonly confused with "joker". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jockey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jockey" is [ˈʝokej]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jockey" come from?
"jockey" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.