journalism
/dʒɜnɛlɪzm/
The verdict
“journalism” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,103 among 7,810 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,103
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Periodismo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journalism |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʒɜnɛlɪzm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “journalism” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
journalism is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,103 among 7,810 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dʒɜnɛlɪzm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Periodismo".
No misspelling variants are generated for journalism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is journalism, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Periodismo
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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Using “journalism”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dʒɜnɛlɪzm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.