journalism

/dʒɜnɛlɪzm/

//dʒɜnɛlɪzm// noun

The verdict

“journalism” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,103 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,103
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Periodismo

Corpus desk

Index ES-journalism · journalism · Spanish

journalism · rank #81,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,103
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH jou

Nearest frequency peer: jou (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “journalism”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “journalism” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for journalism
PropertyValue
Headwordjournalism
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dʒɜnɛlɪzm/
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “journalism” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).journalismcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “jou” (#81,102), “Jasso” (#81,098), “jales” (#81,097). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “journalism” va en #81,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

journalism is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,103 among 645 “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

  1. 1
    Periodismo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "journalism"?
"journalism" is spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is /dʒɜnɛlɪzm/.
What does "journalism" mean?
As a noun, "journalism" means: Periodismo
How do you pronounce "journalism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "journalism" is /dʒɜnɛlɪzm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "journalism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list