Juan
[ˈxwãn]
The verdict
“Juan” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #387 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #387
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón.
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 | Juan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈxwãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Juan” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Juan is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxwãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #387 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Juan, with forms such as "jaun", "jjuan", and "juann". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jul", "jus", "jue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Juan, spelled J-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jaun,jjuan,juann,juna,ujan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Juan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Juan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-U-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxwãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jul” - see the side-by-side comparison. Juan vs jul
- 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.