Joséphine
\ʒo.ze.fin\
The verdict
“Joséphine” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,165
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-josephine · Joséphine · French
Joséphine · rank #16,165 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,165
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jetez
Nearest frequency peer: jetez (-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 « Joséphine »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inventions
inventions
83,840 corpus weight
- invitations
invitations
83,839 corpus weight
- jetez
jetez
83,837 corpus weight
- Joséphine
Joséphine
83,836 corpus weight
- jouaient
jouaient
83,835 corpus weight
- ledit
ledit
83,832 corpus weight
What this shows « Joséphine » 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 | Joséphine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒo.ze.fin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Joséphine »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Joséphine (IPA \ʒo.ze.fin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,165 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joséphine, with forms such as "jjoséphine", "josephine", and "jospéhine". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Josèphe", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Joséphine, spelled J-O-S-É-P-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Joséphine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame, lui dit l’intrépide mystificateur en lui montrant une paire de pantoufles de femme, voilà qui vient de l’impératrice Joséphine.
Joséphine Gavaudan, que toute la ville connaissait sous le diminutif familier de Fine, était une grande et grosse gaillarde d’une trentaine d’années.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjoséphine
- josephine
- jospéhine
- josséphine
- joséhpine
- joséphhine
- joséphien
- joséphinne
- joséphnie
- josépihne
- josépphine
- joésphine
- jsoéphine
- ojséphine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Joséphine - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).