joya
[ˈxoʝa]
The verdict
“joya” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,869 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,869
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Objeto de ornato hecho de uno o más metales preciosos con piedras preciosas o gemas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxoʝa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joya” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for joya is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for joya, with forms such as "jjoya", "joay", and "joyya". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is joya, spelled J-O-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Objeto de ornato hecho de uno o más metales preciosos con piedras preciosas o gemas.
- 2Obsequio otorgado como premio.
- 3Joya grande de oro o piedras preciosas, a manera de broche, que traían las mujeres al pecho.
- 4Persona o cosa con mucho valor.
- 5Cordón en forma de anillo, que abraza la columna y se pone en dos partes: sobre la basa y debajo del friso del capitel.
- 6Anillo de adorno en los cañones de artillería, cerca de la boca.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjoya,joay,joyya,jyoa,ojya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of joya - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “joya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-O-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxoʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jua” - see the side-by-side comparison. joya vs jua
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.