J
[jɔt]
The verdict
“J” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,160) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,160
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - zehnter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets
Corpus desk
Index DE-j · J · German
J · rank #1,160 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,160
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH interessiert
Nearest frequency peer: interessiert (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “J”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Freude
Freude
98,844 corpus weight
- HTTP
HTTP
98,843 corpus weight
- interessiert
interessiert
98,842 corpus weight
- J
J
98,841 corpus weight
- Jungs
Jungs
98,840 corpus weight
- Leistung
Leistung
98,839 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “J” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | J |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [jɔt] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #1,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “J” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for J is neighbouring look-alikes ("ja", "je", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [jɔt]. Frequency #1,160 among 699 “J” headwords. Gloss: "zehnter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for J, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ja", "je", "jo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is J, spelled J.
Definition
- 1zehnter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how J appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der alphabetischen Kennzeichnung von Kapiteln wird das J häufig übersprungen.
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.