Joshua

name

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The verdict

“Joshua” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,783
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, correspondant à Josué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-joshua · Joshua · French

Joshua · rank #18,783 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,783
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jospin

Nearest frequency peer: Jospin (+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 « Joshua »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Joshua » 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).

Joshua vs joua
50% similar
Joshua vs Josué
67% similar
Joshua vs josh
50% similar

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

Key facts for Joshua
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoshua
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,783
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Joshua »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Joshuase 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 « Jospin » (#18,784), « inquisition » (#18,781), « influents » (#18,780). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Joshua » est au #18,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Joshua, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,783 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, correspondant à Josué.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Joshua, with forms such as "jjoshua", "johsua", and "joshau". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "joua", "Josué", "josh", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Joshua, spelled J-O-S-H-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, correspondant à Josué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y rencontre Joshua Reynolds, tout-puissant peintre de portraits de la haute société, fondateur et premier président de la Royal Academy of Arts qui, découvrant ses dessins, l’encourage vivement à se consacrer aux arts visuels.
  2. Au général, le Danois Joshua Gudnitz (Coloquick) est toujours leader avant la 3ᵉ étape qui mènera, ce dimanche, les coureurs de Priziac à Carhaix.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjoshua
  • johsua
  • joshau
  • joshhua
  • josshua
  • josuha
  • jsohua
  • ojshua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjoshua1johsua2joshau2joshhua1josshua1josuha2jsohua2ojshua2
Edit distance from "Joshua"

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 "Joshua"?
"Joshua" is spelled J-O-S-H-U-A.
What does "Joshua" mean?
As a proper noun, "Joshua" means: Prénom masculin, correspondant à Josué.
What words are commonly confused with "Joshua"?
"Joshua" is commonly confused with "joua", "Josué", "josh". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Joshua" come from?
"Joshua" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jospin#18,784Huawei#18,772grosso#18,765museau#18,802

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

grasses8 variantsmétis8 variantsoffense8 variantsolives8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list