Johanne
\ʒo.an\
The verdict
“Johanne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,883
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin, variante de Jeanne ou Johanna.
Corpus desk
Index FR-johanne · Johanne · French
Johanne · rank #37,883 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,883
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Joffre
Nearest frequency peer: Joffre (-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 « Johanne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- isotopes
isotopes
62,121 corpus weight
- iTélé
iTélé
62,120 corpus weight
- Joffre
Joffre
62,119 corpus weight
- Johanne
Johanne
62,118 corpus weight
- jouissait
jouissait
62,117 corpus weight
- juxtapositi…
juxtaposition
62,115 corpus weight
What this shows « Johanne » 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 | Johanne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒo.an\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Johanne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Johanne (IPA \ʒo.an\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,883 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin, variante de Jeanne ou Johanna.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Johanne, with forms such as "jhoanne", "jjohanne", and "joahnne". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Johnny", "Johannes", "Johan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Johanne, spelled J-O-H-A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin, variante de Jeanne ou Johanna.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Johanne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la surfeuse française, Johanne Defay, l’important est d’avoir de « bons commentateurs, qui expliquent concrètement nos sports, avec des termes simples et pratiques, éventuellement en donnant quelques traductions ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jhoanne
- jjohanne
- joahnne
- johane
- johanen
- johhanne
- johnane
- ojhanne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Johanne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).