Johan
The verdict
“Johan” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,174
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-johan · Johan · French
Johan · rank #17,174 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,174
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Japan
Nearest frequency peer: Japan (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Johan »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- intégrées
intégrées
82,830 corpus weight
- invincible
invincible
82,829 corpus weight
- Japan
Japan
82,828 corpus weight
- Johan
Johan
82,827 corpus weight
- judas
judas
82,826 corpus weight
- jumeau
jumeau
82,825 corpus weight
What this shows « Johan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Johan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Johan »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Johan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,174 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Johan, with forms such as "jhoan", "jjohan", and "joahn". 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, "jon", "John", "Juan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Johan, spelled J-O-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Johan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Johan Daisne.
Avant de poser ses valises à Saint-Porchaire, Johan Collard a fait de la route.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jhoan
- jjohan
- joahn
- johhan
- johna
- ojhan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Johan - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).