jackets
[ˈd͡ʒækɪts]
The verdict
“jackets” is uncommon German (frequency #86,645 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,645
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs jacket
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jackets |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd͡ʒækɪts] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jackets” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jackets is uncommon German at frequency #86,645 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒækɪts]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs jacket".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jackets, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is jackets, spelled J-A-C-K-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs jacket
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.
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Using “jackets”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-A-C-K-E-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.