Janosch
[ˈjaːnɔʃ]
The verdict
“Janosch” is uncommon German (frequency #68,371 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,371
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Janosch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈjaːnɔʃ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Janosch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Janosch is uncommon German at frequency #68,371 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈjaːnɔʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Janosch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct German form is Janosch, spelled J-A-N-O-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
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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Using “Janosch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-A-N-O-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.