James

/[dʒeɪmz]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,401

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

James is aGermanname. It means: englischer männlicher Vorname Pronounced [dʒeɪmz]. It ranks #2,401 in German word frequency. Often confused with Jane and jedes.

Key facts for James
PropertyValue
HeadwordJames
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[dʒeɪmz]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,401
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for James is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dʒeɪmz]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,401 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "englischer männlicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for James, with forms such as "ajmes", "jaems", and "jamess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Jane", "jedes", "jenes", 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 James, spelled J-A-M-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    englischer männlicher Vorname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajmes,jaems,jamess,jammes,jamse,jjames,jmaes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for James

Misspelling Variants of "James"

ajmes5jaems5jamess6jammes6jamse5jjames6jmaes5
Misspelling Variants of "James"

Frequency rank: #2,401 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.