Jalousie
[ʒaluˈziː]
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
- Jahns
Jahns
20,657 corpus weight
- jahrhundert…
jahrhundertealten
20,656 corpus weight
- Jahrmillion…
Jahrmillionen
20,655 corpus weight
- Jalousie
Jalousie
20,654 corpus weight
- Jeansjacke
Jeansjacke
20,653 corpus weight
- jerk
jerk
20,652 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jalousie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jalousie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʒaluˈziː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jalousie“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Sichtschutz bei Fenstern mit Lamellen aus Aluminium, Holz oder Kunststoff
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jalousie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Öffne die Jalousie, damit die Sonne hereinscheinen kann!
„Die Jalousien waren nur zum Teil herabgelassen, und eine Kerze beim Bett hüllte das Vorderzimmer in einen milden Lichtschein.“
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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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