Josué

/[xoˈswe]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Josué is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón. Pronounced [xoˈswe]. Often confused with jue and jugué.

Key facts for Josué
PropertyValue
HeadwordJosué
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[xoˈswe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,109
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Josué is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xoˈswe]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,109 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Josué, with forms such as "jjosué", "jossué", and "joséu". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "jue", "jugué", "Joe", 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 Josué, spelled J-O-S-U-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjosué,jossué,joséu,jousé,jsoué,ojsué

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Josué

Misspelling Variants of "Josué"

jjosué6jossué6joséu5jousé5jsoué5ojsué5
Misspelling Variants of "Josué"

Frequency rank: #26,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Josué"?
"Josué" is spelled J-O-S-U-É. The IPA pronunciation is [xoˈswe].
What does "Josué" mean?
As a name, "Josué" means: Nombre de pila de varón.
What words are commonly confused with "Josué"?
"Josué" is commonly confused with "jue", "jugué", "Joe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Josué"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Josué" is [xoˈswe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Josué" come from?
"Josué" 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.