Jazzband
[ˈd͡ʒɛsˌbɛnt]
The verdict
“Jazzband” is uncommon German (frequency #85,414 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,414
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gruppe von Musikern, die gemeinsam Jazz spielen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jazzband |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd͡ʒɛsˌbɛnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jazzband” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jazzband is uncommon German at frequency #85,414 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒɛsˌbɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gruppe von Musikern, die gemeinsam Jazz spielen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jazzband, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Jazzband, spelled J-A-Z-Z-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Gruppe von Musikern, die gemeinsam Jazz spielen
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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 “Jazzband”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-A-Z-Z-B-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd͡ʒɛsˌbɛnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.