Jahr
[jaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Jahr” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #138
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - periodischer wiederkehrender Zeitraum, etwa ein Umlauf der Erde um die Sonne, 12 Monate, 365 beziehungsweise 366 Tage
Corpus desk
Index DE-jahr · Jahr · German
Jahr · rank #138 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #138
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH ihm
Nearest frequency peer: ihm (-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 “Jahr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- anderen
anderen
99,866 corpus weight
- Deutschland
Deutschland
99,865 corpus weight
- ihm
ihm
99,864 corpus weight
- Jahr
Jahr
99,863 corpus weight
- ob
ob
99,862 corpus weight
- ihn
ihn
99,861 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Jahr” 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 | Jahr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [jaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Jahr” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Jahr (IPA [jaːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #138 among 699 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jahr, with forms such as "ajhr", "jahhr", and "jahrr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Jan", "Jay", "jam", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jahr, spelled J-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1periodischer wiederkehrender Zeitraum, etwa ein Umlauf der Erde um die Sonne, 12 Monate, 365 beziehungsweise 366 Tage
- 2erreichtes Lebensalter, Lebensjahr, durch Zusätze punktuell qualifiziertes Jahr^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jahr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Bau des Hauses dauerte 2 Jahre.
Er muss so ungefähr zwischen 30 und 40 Jahre alt sein.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajhr
- jahhr
- jahrr
- jarh
- jhar
- jjahr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jahr - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jahr", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Jahr". Here's where to go from here.
- "Jahr" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Jan". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #138 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "J" letter cohort. J–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.