Jalousie

[ʒaluˈziː]

/[ʒaluˈziː]/ noun

The verdict

“Jalousie” is uncommon German (frequency #79,347 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,347
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sichtschutz bei Fenstern mit Lamellen aus Aluminium, Holz oder Kunststoff

Corpus desk

Index DE-jalousie · Jalousie · German

Jalousie · rank #79,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,347
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jahrmillionen

Nearest frequency peer: Jahrmillionen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jalousie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jalousie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jalousie
PropertyValue
HeadwordJalousie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʒaluˈziː]
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jalousie“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Jalousiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Jahrmillionen“ (#79,346), „Jeansjacke“ (#79,348), „jahrhundertealten“ (#79,345). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jalousie“ bei #79,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jalousie is uncommon German at frequency #79,347 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʒaluˈziː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sichtschutz bei Fenstern mit Lamellen aus Aluminium, Holz oder Kunststoff".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Jalousie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Jalousie, spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sichtschutz bei Fenstern mit Lamellen aus Aluminium, Holz oder Kunststoff

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Jalousie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Öffne die Jalousie, damit die Sonne hereinscheinen kann!
  2. „Die Jalousien waren nur zum Teil herabgelassen, und eine Kerze beim Bett hüllte das Vorderzimmer in einen milden Lichtschein.“

Synonyms

FensterjalousieStoren

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jalousie"?
"Jalousie" is spelled J-A-L-O-U-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʒaluˈziː].
What does "Jalousie" mean?
As a noun, "Jalousie" means: Sichtschutz bei Fenstern mit Lamellen aus Aluminium, Holz oder Kunststoff
How do you pronounce "Jalousie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jalousie" is [ʒaluˈziː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jalousie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jalousie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list