Jakob

/[ˈjaːkɔp]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,802

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Jakob is aGermanname. It means: männlicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈjaːkɔp]. It ranks #4,802 in German word frequency. Often confused with Job and Jason.

Key facts for Jakob
PropertyValue
HeadwordJakob
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈjaːkɔp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,802
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Jakob in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jakob is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjaːkɔp]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,802 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jakob, with forms such as "ajkob", "jakbo", and "jakkob". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Job", "Jason", "Jakub", 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 Jakob, spelled J-A-K-O-B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajkob,jakbo,jakkob,jakobb,jaokb,jjakob,jkaob

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jakob

Misspelling Variants of "Jakob"

ajkob5jakbo5jakkob6jakobb6jaokb5jjakob6jkaob5
Misspelling Variants of "Jakob"

Frequency rank: #4,802 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jakob"?
"Jakob" is spelled J-A-K-O-B. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjaːkɔp].
What does "Jakob" mean?
As a name, "Jakob" means: männlicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Jakob"?
"Jakob" is commonly confused with "Job", "Jason", "Jakub". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jakob"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jakob" is [ˈjaːkɔp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jakob" come from?
"Jakob" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.