John
The verdict
“John” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,203
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-john · John · French
John · rank #1,203 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,203
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH oublier
Nearest frequency peer: oublier (+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 « John »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- drôle
drôle
98,801 corpus weight
- débat
débat
98,800 corpus weight
- John
John
98,798 corpus weight
- oublier
oublier
98,797 corpus weight
- pauvre
pauvre
98,796 corpus weight
- propres
propres
98,795 corpus weight
What this shows « John » 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 | John |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « John »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around John, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,203 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for John, with forms such as "jhon", "jjohn", and "johhn". 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, "jon", "joy", "jos", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is John, spelled J-O-H-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how John appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dernier est accusé par plusieurs célébrités, dont l’actrice Liz Hurley et le chanteur Elton John, d’avoir recueilli des informations de manière illégale.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jhon
- jjohn
- johhn
- johnn
- jonh
- ojhn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of John - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "John", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).