Jana
[ˈjaːna]
The verdict
“Jana” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,173) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,173
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-jana · Jana · German
Jana · rank #13,173 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,173
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Intellektuelle
Nearest frequency peer: Intellektuelle (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Jana“
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What this shows Balken platzieren „Jana“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjaːna] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Jana“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Jana is neighbouring look-alikes ("jn", "Jay", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈjaːna]. Frequency #13,173 among 699 “J” headwords. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jana, with forms such as "jaan", "janna", and "jjana". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jn", "Jay", "joa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Jana, spelled J-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Janas Zimmer ist immer furchtbar unaufgeräumt.
„Jana sah Maxim an und spürte nichts als Hilflosigkeit.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jaan
- janna
- jjana
- jnaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jana - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).