Words that start with J
There are 500 words that start with j in this list, most common first. Filter by letters or length.
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The most-used words that start with j, and what they mean
These are the 14 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- just
- adjectiveMorally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
- john
- noun(slang, US) A prostitute's client.
- journal
- nounA diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- job
- nounA task.
- june
- nounThe sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
- july
- nounThe seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.
- james
- nounOne of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
- january
- nounThe first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
- japanese
- adjectiveOf, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.
- justice
- nounThe state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- jesus
- nounJesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet…
- japan
- nounA country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.
- joint
- noun(anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- jews
- nounNonstandard spelling of Jews.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 500 words in this list, 406 can be used as a noun, including just, john, journal, job, june. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many words that start with j are there?
This list holds 500, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a word starting with J be a noun?
Yes. 406 of the 500 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.