Jaffa
[ˈjafa]
The verdict
“Jaffa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,257
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die ursprüngliche Hafenstadt Jaffa, die heute mit der Stadt Tel Aviv vereinigt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-jaffa · Jaffa · German
Jaffa · rank #48,257 · 5 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,257
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH ius
Nearest frequency peer: ius (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Jaffa“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- irritation
irritation
51,747 corpus weight
- islamisches
islamisches
51,746 corpus weight
- ius
ius
51,745 corpus weight
- Jaffa
Jaffa
51,744 corpus weight
- Jahresfrist
Jahresfrist
51,743 corpus weight
- Jobbörse
Jobbörse
51,742 corpus weight
What this shows „Jaffa“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Jaffa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjafa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Jaffa“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Jaffa (IPA [ˈjafa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,257 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die ursprüngliche Hafenstadt Jaffa, die heute mit der Stadt Tel Aviv vereinigt ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jaffa, with forms such as "ajffa", "jafa", and "jafaf". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Java", "jaja", "Jana", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Jaffa, spelled J-A-F-F-A.
Definition
- 1die ursprüngliche Hafenstadt Jaffa, die heute mit der Stadt Tel Aviv vereinigt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jaffa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Offiziere legten dar, wo Jordaniens größte Befürchtungen lagen: Ihnen war aufgefallen, dass die jüdischen Truppen Gebiete besetzten und säuberten, die wie Jaffa im UN-designierten arabischen Staatsgebiet lagen.“
„Das 1909 gegründete Tel Aviv war ursprünglich ein Vorort der bereits seit der Antike bestehenden Hafenstadt Jaffa. 1950 wurden beide Städte zum heutigen Tel Aviv-Jaffa vereinigt.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajffa
- jafa
- jafaf
- jfafa
- jjaffa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jaffa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).