Josep
The verdict
“Josep” is uncommon French (frequency #52,777 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,777
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, correspondant à Joseph.
Corpus desk
Index FR-josep · Josep · French
Josep · rank #52,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,777
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jock
Nearest frequency peer: jock (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Josep »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jessy
Jessy
47,226 corpus weight
- jock
jock
47,225 corpus weight
- Josep
Josep
47,224 corpus weight
- jouèrent
jouèrent
47,223 corpus weight
- Kendra
Kendra
47,222 corpus weight
- kita
kita
47,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Josep » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Josep |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Josep » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Josep is uncommon French at frequency #52,777 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin, correspondant à Joseph.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Josep, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Josep, spelled J-O-S-E-P.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin, correspondant à Joseph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Josep appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faut-il alors, en pleine guerre d’Ukraine et alors que le bras de fer entre Pékin et Washington perdure, continuer à proposer une « troisième voie » à la Chine, selon l’expression chère à Josep Borrell, le chef de la diplomatie européenne ?
On retrouve sa trace dès le XVIᵉ siècle, selon Jordi Arruga et Josep Mañà, les auteurs d’El Caganer, et spécialistes de l’histoire populaire.
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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