José

\ʒo.ze\

/\ʒo.ze\/ name

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The verdict

“José” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,575
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-jose · José · French

José · rank #5,575 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,575
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH invasion

Nearest frequency peer: invasion (-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 « José »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « José » 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).

José vs jus
25% similar
José vs joy
25% similar
José vs jou
25% similar

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

Key facts for José
PropertyValue
HeadwordJosé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒo.ze\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,575
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « José »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Josése 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 « invasion » (#5,574), « lady » (#5,576), « inscriptions » (#5,573). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « José » est au #5,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around José (IPA \ʒo.ze\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,575 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for José, with forms such as "jjosé", "jose", and "jossé". 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, "jus", "joy", "jou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 José, spelled J-O-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est pourquoi José n’avait pas compris grand-chose aux raisons fournies par Esprit et qui voulaient qu’on épargnât Castagnier, meurtrier de ses copains, ses copains qui avaient eu confiance en lui.
  2. C’est un euphémisme de dire que l’ancien sélectionneur des Bleus n’était pas le premier choix pour remplacer l’Italien, élu meilleur coach de l’histoire du club : José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger, Rafael Benitez, Roberto Mancini, Guus Hiddink, André Villas-Boas, Fabio Capello ou encore Frank Rijkaard avaient été sondés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjosé
  • jose
  • jossé
  • joés
  • jsoé
  • ojsé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjosé1jose1jossé1joés2jsoé2ojsé2
Edit distance from "José"

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 "José"?
"José" is spelled J-O-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒo.ze\.
What does "José" mean?
As a proper noun, "José" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "José"?
"José" is commonly confused with "jus", "joy", "jou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "José"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "José" is \ʒo.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "José" come from?
"José" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lady#5,576blue#5,526ayez#5,524aire#5,629

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

lapin6 variantsenjeu6 variantsReims6 variantsveuve6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list