Johannesburg

name

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The verdict

“Johannesburg” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,594
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre orthographe de Johannesbourg, ville d’Afrique du Sud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-johannesburg · Johannesburg · French

Johannesburg · rank #23,594 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,594
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jauge

Nearest frequency peer: jauge (-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 « Johannesburg »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Johannesburg » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Johannesburg
PropertyValue
HeadwordJohannesburg
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#23,594
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Johannesburg »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Johannesburgse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jauge » (#23,593), « keV » (#23,595), « licencier » (#23,596). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Johannesburg » est au #23,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Johannesburg, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,594 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Autre orthographe de Johannesbourg, ville d’Afrique du Sud.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Johannesburg, with forms such as "jhoannesburg", "jjohannesburg", and "joahnnesburg". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Johannesburg, spelled J-O-H-A-N-N-E-S-B-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autre orthographe de Johannesbourg, ville d’Afrique du Sud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Johannesburg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Costa Titch, 27 ans, s’est effondré, samedi soir, alors qu’il se produisait en concert dans la banlieue de Johannesburg.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jhoannesburg
  • jjohannesburg
  • joahnnesburg
  • johanensburg
  • johanesburg
  • johannebsurg
  • johannesbburg
  • johannesbrug
  • johannesbugr
  • johannesburgg
  • johannesburrg
  • johannessburg
  • johannesubrg
  • johannseburg
  • johhannesburg
  • johnanesburg
  • ojhannesburg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Johannesburg - 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.

jhoannesburg2jjohannesburg1joahnnesburg2johanensburg2johanesburg1johannebsurg2johannesbburg1johannesbrug2
Edit distance from "Johannesburg"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Johannesburg"?
"Johannesburg" is spelled J-O-H-A-N-N-E-S-B-U-R-G.
What does "Johannesburg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Johannesburg" means: Autre orthographe de Johannesbourg, ville d’Afrique du Sud.
What are common misspellings of "Johannesburg"?
Common misspellings include "jhoannesburg", "jjohannesburg", "joahnnesburg", "johanensburg", "johanesburg". The correct spelling is "Johannesburg".
What language does "Johannesburg" come from?
"Johannesburg" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Johannesburg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list