Joseph

//ʒɔ.zɛf/./ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,110

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Joseph is aPortuguesenoun. It means: José Pronounced /ʒɔ.zɛf/.. It ranks #5,110 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with José.

Key facts for Joseph
PropertyValue
HeadwordJoseph
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʒɔ.zɛf/.
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,110
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Joseph in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Joseph is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒɔ.zɛf/.. Corpus data places it at rank #5,110 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "José".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Joseph, with forms such as "jjoseph", "joesph", and "josehp". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "José", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Joseph, spelled J-O-S-E-P-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    José

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjoseph,joesph,josehp,josephh,josepph,jospeh,josseph,jsoeph,ojseph

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Joseph

Misspelling Variants of "Joseph"

jjoseph7joesph6josehp6josephh7josepph7jospeh6josseph7jsoeph6
Misspelling Variants of "Joseph"

Frequency rank: #5,110 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Joseph"?
"Joseph" is spelled J-O-S-E-P-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ʒɔ.zɛf/..
What does "Joseph" mean?
As a noun, "Joseph" means: José
What words are commonly confused with "Joseph"?
"Joseph" is commonly confused with "José". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Joseph"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Joseph" is /ʒɔ.zɛf/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Joseph" come from?
"Joseph" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.