Josías
[xoˈsias]
The verdict
“Josías” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-josias · Josías · Spanish
Josías · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Josías |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [xoˈsias] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Josías” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Josías is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [xoˈsias]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Josías, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Spanish form is Josías, spelled J-O-S-Í-A-S.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón.
- 2Personaje bíblico.^([definición imprecisa])
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.