Jannes

[ˈjanəs]

/[ˈjanəs]/ name

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The verdict

“Jannes” is uncommon German (frequency #95,778 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,778
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-jannes · Jannes · German

Jannes · rank #95,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,778
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jahresmittel

Nearest frequency peer: Jahresmittel (-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 „Jannes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jannes
PropertyValue
HeadwordJannes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈjanəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,778
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jannes“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Jannesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Jahresmittel“ (#95,777), „Jagdgesetz“ (#95,776), „jauchzen“ (#95,780). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jannes“ bei #95,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jannes is uncommon German at frequency #95,778 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈjanəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

No misspelling variants are generated for Jannes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Jannes, spelled J-A-N-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jannes geht auf der Straße herum.

Synonyms

HannesHannsHansHenningHennoJohannJanJo

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 "Jannes"?
"Jannes" is spelled J-A-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjanəs].
What does "Jannes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jannes" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Jannes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jannes" is [ˈjanəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jannes" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jockel#95,783Kigali#95,804Hubers#95,742Klöten#95,817

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list