Johnson

\dʒɔn.sɔn\

/\dʒɔn.sɔn\/ name

The verdict

“Johnson” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,777
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-johnson · Johnson · French

Johnson · rank #5,777 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,777
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH jaunes

Nearest frequency peer: jaunes (-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 « Johnson »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Johnson » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Johnson vs Johns
71% similar
Johnson vs Johansson
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Johnson
PropertyValue
HeadwordJohnson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dʒɔn.sɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,777
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Johnson »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Johnsonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jaunes » (#5,776), « laïcité » (#5,778), « inviter » (#5,775). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Johnson » est au #5,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Johnson (IPA \dʒɔn.sɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,777 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Johnson, with forms such as "jhonson", "jjohnson", and "johhnson". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Johns", "Johansson", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Johnson, spelled J-O-H-N-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’héritage Johnson reste bien ancré : « L’identité britannique se construit de plus en plus en opposition avec l’identité européenne, et le populisme antieuropéen et antifrançais devrait fonctionner encore longtemps », poursuit Gilles Leydier, professeur et spécialiste de la Grande-Bretagne à l’université du Sud Toulon-Var.
  2. C’est parti au taquet, Morgan Boucher (UCB) et Harry Johnson (CC Plancoet) sont les premiers en évidence mais sont repris à mi-course.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jhonson
  • jjohnson
  • johhnson
  • johnnson
  • johnosn
  • johnsno
  • johnsonn
  • johnsson
  • johsnon
  • jonhson
  • ojhnson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Johnson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jhonson2jjohnson1johhnson1johnnson1johnosn2johnsno2johnsonn1johnsson1
Edit distance from "Johnson"

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 "Johnson"?
"Johnson" is spelled J-O-H-N-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒɔn.sɔn\.
What does "Johnson" mean?
As a proper noun, "Johnson" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Johnson"?
"Johnson" is commonly confused with "Johns", "Johansson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Johnson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Johnson" is \dʒɔn.sɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Johnson" come from?
"Johnson" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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 (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list