Joshua
/ˈd͡ʒɒʃjuːə/
The verdict
“Joshua” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,884
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Josué
Corpus desk
Index ES-joshua · Joshua · Spanish
Joshua · rank #15,884 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,884
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH Josep
Nearest frequency peer: Josep (-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 “Joshua”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- intervienen
intervienen
84,121 corpus weight
- Jacobo
Jacobo
84,119 corpus weight
- Josep
Josep
84,118 corpus weight
- Joshua
Joshua
84,117 corpus weight
- jugadas
jugadas
84,116 corpus weight
- lane
lane
84,114 corpus weight
What this shows “Joshua” 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 | Joshua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɒʃjuːə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Joshua”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Joshua (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɒʃjuːə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,884 among 645 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Josué".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joshua, with forms such as "jjoshua", "johsua", and "joshau". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Josué", "Josh", "Josefa", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Joshua, spelled J-O-S-H-U-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Josué
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjoshua
- johsua
- joshau
- joshhua
- josshua
- josuha
- jsohua
- ojshua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Joshua - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Joshua", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).