Jakobsmuschel
[ˈjaːkɔpsˌmʊʃl̩]
The verdict
“Jakobsmuschel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei zweischalige Muschelarten der Gattung Pecten (Mittelmeerpilgermuschel und große Pilgermuschel), welche wegen ihrer langgezogenen Streifen und Strahlen auch Kammmuschel oder Strahlenmuschel gen...
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Index DE-jakobsmuschel · Jakobsmuschel · German
Jakobsmuschel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jakobsmuschel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjaːkɔpsˌmʊʃl̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jakobsmuschel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jakobsmuschel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjaːkɔpsˌmʊʃl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jakobsmuschel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Jakobsmuschel, spelled J-A-K-O-B-S-M-U-S-C-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1zwei zweischalige Muschelarten der Gattung Pecten (Mittelmeerpilgermuschel und große Pilgermuschel), welche wegen ihrer langgezogenen Streifen und Strahlen auch Kammmuschel oder Strahlenmuschel genannt werden
- 2die von Jakobspilgern als Trinkgefäß und als kennzeichnendes Symbol benutzte Kammmuschel, die klassischerweise am Hut getragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jakobsmuschel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Als Jakobsmuscheln oder Pilgermuscheln werden zwei nahe verwandte Arten von Muscheln bezeichnet, die beide zur Gattung Pecten gehören."
Die Jakobsmuscheln werden von den Santiago-Pilgern klassischerweise am Hut getragen.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.