jähriger
The verdict
“jähriger” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,323 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,323
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jähriger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈjɛːʁɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jähriger” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for jähriger is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjɛːʁɪɡɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,323 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for jähriger, with forms such as "jhäriger", "jjähriger", and "jähhriger". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "jähriges", "jährige", "jährigen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is jähriger, spelled J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jährig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jhäriger,jjähriger,jähhriger,jähirger,jährgier,jähriegr,jährigerr,jährigger,jährigre,jährriger,järhiger,äjhriger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jähriger — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "jähriger"
Frequency rank: #3,323 in German
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Using “jähriger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjɛːʁɪɡɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jähriges” — see the side-by-side comparison. jähriger vs jähriges
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter J in our German index: