Josselin
\ʒɔs.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“Josselin” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,982
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-josselin · Josselin · French
Josselin · rank #47,982 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #47,982
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH juju
Nearest frequency peer: juju (+2 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 « Josselin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ives
ives
52,024 corpus weight
- Jamy
Jamy
52,022 corpus weight
- Josselin
Josselin
52,019 corpus weight
- juju
juju
52,017 corpus weight
- jumelé
jumelé
52,016 corpus weight
- jumping
jumping
52,015 corpus weight
What this shows « Josselin » 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 | Josselin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʒɔs.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Josselin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Josselin (IPA \ʒɔs.lɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,982 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Josselin, with forms such as "jjosselin", "joselin", and "joseslin". 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, "Jocelyn", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Josselin, spelled J-O-S-S-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jjosselin
- joselin
- joseslin
- josseiln
- josselinn
- jossellin
- josselni
- josslein
- jsoselin
- ojsselin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Josselin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Josselin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).