jag
[jaːk]
The verdict
“jag” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,996) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #43,996
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs jagen
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 | jag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [jaːk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #43,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jag” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for jag is neighbouring look-alikes ("je", "jo", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [jaːk]. Frequency #43,996 among 7,951 “J” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs jagen".
No misspelling variants are generated for jag in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "je", "jo", "Jg", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is jag, spelled J-A-G.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs jagen
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 “jag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [jaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “je” - see the side-by-side comparison. jag vs je
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.