joya

/[ˈxoʝa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,869

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

joya is aSpanishnoun. It means: Objeto de ornato hecho de uno o más metales preciosos con piedras preciosas o gemas. Pronounced [ˈxoʝa]. It ranks #7,869 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with jua and jura.

Key facts for joya
PropertyValue
Headwordjoya
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxoʝa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,869
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for joya is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxoʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,869 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for joya, with forms such as "jjoya", "joay", and "joyya". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jua", "jura", "joyas", 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 joya, spelled J-O-Y-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto de ornato hecho de uno o más metales preciosos con piedras preciosas o gemas.
  2. 2
    Obsequio otorgado como premio.
  3. 3
    Joya grande de oro o piedras preciosas, a manera de broche, que traían las mujeres al pecho.
  4. 4
    Persona o cosa con mucho valor.
  5. 5
    Cordón en forma de anillo, que abraza la columna y se pone en dos partes: sobre la basa y debajo del friso del capitel.
  6. 6
    Anillo de adorno en los cañones de artillería, cerca de la boca.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjoya,joay,joyya,jyoa,ojya

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for joya

Misspelling Variants of "joya"

jjoya5joay4joyya5jyoa4ojya4
Misspelling Variants of "joya"

Frequency rank: #7,869 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "joya"?
"joya" is spelled J-O-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxoʝa].
What does "joya" mean?
As a noun, "joya" means: Objeto de ornato hecho de uno o más metales preciosos con piedras preciosas o gemas.
What words are commonly confused with "joya"?
"joya" is commonly confused with "jua", "jura", "joyas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "joya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joya" is [ˈxoʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "joya" come from?
"joya" 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.