japonais
[ʒa.pɔ.nɛ]
The verdict
“japonais” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die japanische Sprache; Japanisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-japonais · japonais · German
japonais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | japonais |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʒa.pɔ.nɛ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „japonais“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
japonais is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʒa.pɔ.nɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die japanische Sprache; Japanisch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for japonais, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is japonais, spelled J-A-P-O-N-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1die japanische Sprache; Japanisch
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.